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C.. LUSCOMBE’S Sonata for Violin ‘and Piano which won the Philip Neill Memorial Prize for composition in 1945 is graceful; it is, in a way, elegant. Too facile, perhaps, its melodies (and there are plenty of them) have a mild flavour of Elgar, but they do not always lead somewhere, as Elgar’s always do. Nevertheless. this sonata is not music indigenous to New Zealand. Its oldfashioned harmony, and rhythmic patterns, which become rather obvious in the last movement, recollect too much other days, other ways, and other places. This is not so much a criticism as a qualification, for the sonata is competently written and pleasant to listen to. Moya Cooper-Smith in the broadcast from 1YA gave a confident and convincing interpretation of the violin part, with the composer at the piano.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 351, 15 March 1946, Page 13
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136More New Zealand Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 351, 15 March 1946, Page 13
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