Prepared to Listen
F ORM IN MUSIC, which I listen to from 2YC on Friday nights, strikes me as one of the best sessions on the air, and memorable as one of the first adult sessions to enjoy what, in another sphere, has long been the privilege of certain of the schools broadcasts -adequate advance presentation. I refer, of course, to the Form in Music series of articles in The Listener. It is a great help to come to a session of this type with some preparation for it, and to know that, if one is in the mood to listen emotionally rather than intellectually, failure to absorb the commentator’s remarks can be largely made up for by subsequent reference to Article Seven. And sessions of this type would seem to solve the programme organiser’s dilemma of whether the listening public should get what it likes or like what it gets, since they fulfil the purpose of educating their audience to Higher Things. Enough sessions like Form in Music and it should no longer be necessary for programme arrangers to count up the hours of light music, weigh them against the hours of "serious" music, and express the answer in terms of 25/-.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 436, 31 October 1947, Page 8
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203Prepared to Listen New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 436, 31 October 1947, Page 8
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