A NEW ZEALAND COMPOSITION
»ir.-l welcome Mr. Austin’s claim that his letter was a piece of musical criticism, as it proves the point expressed in my last letter. But the point at issue was Miss Pollard’s composition, not the number of musicians known to Mr. Austin. In any case Mr. Austin does not seem to grasp the point that mere friendship with eminent musicians is no claim to being a music critic, for it is asking too much to have us believe that Sir Henry J. Wood (one of the greatest champions of modern music) would have concurred with L.D.A.’s wellknown anti-modernistic sentiments. The-impressions submitted by myself were purely personal, and I am not concerned or worried by his. We are all entitled to our own opinions, and do not necessarily attack others in a rude and personal manner for not having complied with them. Music criticism, when attacking, should also be constructiveafter all the true critic is attempting to assist the composer and encourage him in his creative work, not drive him away from it merely because of ignorance and lack. of proper understanding of the idiom in which the attempt at creative expression has taken place...
A. D.
HEENAN
(Eastbourne)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 5
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202A NEW ZEALAND COMPOSITION New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 372, 9 August 1946, Page 5
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