ISOBEL BAILLIE
Sir,-I wish to thank the NZBS for the many chances it gave us to hear Isobel "Baillie sing. Here we heard not only a cultured singer with a pleasant, unforced tone and wide range, with an extensive repertoire of always high standard, but-what is almost unique nowadays-a singer who practically never wobbles. I wish all our New Zealand vocal broadcasters, and all the singers. who make records that are broadcast would follow her example and cut out the eternal wobble that usually puts them all out of tune. I noticed with pleasure that she always gave us the: shake where Purcell or Handel indicated it. Such shakes were recognisable and pleasurable, because the rest of the song was quite without wobble. I prophesy that Isobel Baillie, like Sir Charles Santley, will carry her voice into old age, unimpaired, because she never forces a note,
F. K.
TUCKER
(Gisborne).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 465, 21 May 1948, Page 5
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150ISOBEL BAILLIE New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 465, 21 May 1948, Page 5
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