CANZONET OR MADRIGAL?
Sir-W. Roy Hill interpreted my comment on his sentence about the distinction between canzonets and madrigals ("of which we can now be but dimly aware") as a disputation of fact, and he now wishes to "stick to it" and to "confound" me by quoting E. H. Fellowes. I regret that I evidently did not make myself clear. The "But" of my sentence was meant to indicate that I had no quarrel with the fact (or opinion). I merely deplored the "rich and beautiful" variety of prose he chose to state ‘it. The announcer’s own lips rebelled. Brassiere and hosiery, advertisements may be capable of being backed up with facts just as indisputable. Their prose style is nevertheless in my opinion not decirahle for radio vrogrammes on
Elizabethan composers
VIEWSREEL
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(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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134CANZONET OR MADRIGAL? New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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