What's What in Music
USICAL WHAT'S WHAT is the title of a new 15-minute programme series at present being broadcast from 3YL. It aims at’ providing a sort of musical Who’s Who for listeners, only it is concerned with "whats" not "whos." These are taken in strict alphabetical order, peers and commoners together in good democratic style-accompani-ment, accordion, adagio, . . . The advantages of this system to the listener, so far as I can see, are nil. Of course, if you happened, to be interested in Ukeleles or Xylophones, you can merely switch off for a week or so, until the, landmarks of Tambourine and Troppo have been passed. But anyone with a more general interest in the subject may well find this alphabetical system infuriating. Any classification _ which allowed some comparison, even the simplest division into Instruments and Musical Terms, for instance, would be preferable. As it ‘is, listeners are being
rushed from A to Z of a musical dic-tionary-well-illustrated, certainly, but still only a dictionary-when they might be enjoying a reasonably comprehensive course in elementary musical appreciation. This is a programme with excellent intentions, and one that could be interesting and valuable to those who find their appreciation of music restricted by their lack of rudimentary knowledge of its technicalities.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 10
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210What's What in Music New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 10
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