Fun with Fugues
-- PORTIFIED by the news that "Fugues. are fun," I listened hopefully to 3YA’s programme the other Sunday evening. I take an earnest mathematical interest in fugues, pursuing the voices diligently until they reach the stage where my calculations also take flight, and outstrip even the regions of Higher Mathematics. Then I sit back and let them sort themselves out. But I wouldn't call it fun. In spite of its confident assettion to the contrary, however, the programme held out only a slender hope for those who are not already fuguefanciers. Either you like fugues, we were told, or you don’t. Apparently it’s something like lobster and tripe-if you don’t like them, you don’t, and no amount of talking will ever make you. It all sounded rather sad, But the selection of recordings was a bright and interesting one, and well chosen for the purpose; it would not surprise me in, the least to learn that many who came to scoff remained to listen to the end. There seems to be plenty of scope for this type of programme-not only for the beginners in musical appreciation, but also for all those who would like to make the most of their listening. So much is happening in our musical world at the moment, and listeners as well as performers require plenty of ‘coaching and encouragement. Let us have more fugues-and more,fun; even if it does take something like an advertising slogan to put them over. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 405, 28 March 1947, Page 8
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246Fun with Fugues New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 405, 28 March 1947, Page 8
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