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HE "Cornish Rhapsody," music by Hubert Bath for a very popular film, will, I predict, have as brilliant and brief a vogue as its counterpart, the "Warsaw (so-called) Concerto." I heard it for the first time from 4YA, played by Mantovani and his Concert Orchestra, and the first thing that struck me about it was its premeditated resemblance to the Addinsell music mentioned above. Hubert Bath wisely calls his effort a Rhapsody, thus giving rise to none of the invidious comparisons which the pretentious title of Concerto at once invokes. To claim for either of these pieces a lasting quality would be ridiculous, but as film musig they are very good indeed, and it is as film music that they should be judged. Placed beside modern works by serious composers they are eclipsed; placed beside the usual tin-pan-alley medley which serves as thematic material for the average film, they appear refreshing in the extreme.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 15
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156Half-way Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 366, 28 June 1946, Page 15
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