Incongruous?
"L{OW incongruous!" said a_ friend, looking at a 3YA afternoon programme. At 2.45 p.m. there was Benny Goodman, and at 3.0 p.m. Debussy’s Danses, and Petite Suite, and Ravel’s Quartet in F Major. I said cautiousiy that it would be possible to choose three to four Goodman records which would not jar against Debussy’s airy tracery, but that I would not answer for the Ravel Quartet. When I listened to the selection it was clear that my friend was more tight than she should have been. The 3YA programme organiser played run-of-the-mill commercial Goodman, and put the Ravel Quartet in straight afterwards instead of interposing the Debussy. Of course, on the face of it, there is no reason why Goodman and Debussy should have anything in common; Goodman, who came up the hard way in Chicago, chief breadwinner for a large, fatherless family, would not have found familiar notes in Debussy’s way of life. But I think Debussy would have understood the language if he had ever been able to listen to the Goodman Trio working elegantly round a slow theme, and from what he has said, there is apparently no doubt in Goodman’s mind what Debussy was up to.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 395, 17 January 1947, Page 8
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201Incongruous? New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 395, 17 January 1947, Page 8
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