Insubstantial Pageant
C. LUSCOMBE has resumed his *"Pageant of Music" series from 1YA and I am reminded of the three famous arithmetic book characters, A, B and C. You will remember that C was always the unfortunate fellow. His was always the slowest bicycle, the smallest parcel of land, and he was continually being asked to fill the smallest tank with the largest volume of water, the procedure being complicated more often than not by an awkward leak. I am sure that had he given radio lectures, he would, like Mr. Luscombe, have found himself in the position of having to cram a large subject into a short time, with the "News and Commentary from the United States" lurking in the background. Like Mr. Luscombe also, he may have found a satisfactory solution of this problem improbable if not impossible. Hardly had Mr. Luscombe projected his enthusiasm for Chopin into music last Monday, somewhat too soon it might seem, than the quiet soliloquising of the "Berceuse" was rudely interrupted by music that chattered and then a voice that shattered. And "this insubstantial pageant faded."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 12
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184Insubstantial Pageant New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 12
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