A NEW ZEALAND COMPOSITION
Sir,-Approximately four weeks have passed since I have noticed any of L. D, Austin’s correspondence in your columns, and I am flattered that this unnaturally long silence should be broken because of my humbly submitted impressions of Miss Bessie Pollard’s composition, In reply to L.D.A.’s confessions of "difficulty in self restraint" when replying to my "extravagant and totally unwdrranted panegyric," I can assure him that Miss Pollard’s future excursions into the realms of composition will do more than justify my estimate of her merits. I agree with the statement that there are some things better ignored and I personally feel that certain of Mr. Austin’s writings come into this category. I would ask Mr. Austin one question. I take it that the critic who has to be cruel to be kind is himself? Leslie Orrey says: "The practice of musical critigism requires a rare combination of gifts. To facility with the Den must be added an insight into the spirit of the music!" Since Mr, Austin apparently does not possess either of the above qualities, on what grounds does he base his claims to be a music critic?
A. D.
HEENAN
(Eastbourne
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 368, 12 July 1946, Page 5
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196A NEW ZEALAND COMPOSITION New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 368, 12 July 1946, Page 5
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