Folk Music of the Sea
HE new 4ZB Sunday night feature, | "Ocean Echoes," should prove enter--tainiag to most listeners if Noel Robson continues the good work begun in the first broadcast. The four sea shanties chosen were lesser-known ones, each preceded by a short description containing details of the type of shanty, its history and origin. "The Hog’s Eye Man" (included here, together with "Shenandoah" and others), contains unusual phrasing; in this it resembles many of the old folk-tunes with varied and quaint rhythmical groupings. This is surely a proof that man’s natural,
musicianship will produce its own crop of original and beautiful songs if left to bloom unaided; but it seems futile to protest that Tin Pan Alley, in forcing us to accept its monotonous fourbeat rhythms and four-bar phrases, is gtadually and effectively stifling the production of real folk-melody..In "Ocean
Echoes," as well as the shanties, we had that old and trusted favourite "The Diver," which must have been in the repertoire of every bass singer since its first appearance; sung by the bass Norman Allin, this old song revived memories of the time when people made music for themselves, instead of passively listening to the radio while going about their daily and nightly duties.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 432, 3 October 1947, Page 8
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207Folk Music of the Sea New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 432, 3 October 1947, Page 8
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