SINGING IN ENGLISH
Sir,-Judging by the applause which greeted Isobel Baillie after each of her songs one must conclude that her concerts gave immense enjoyment to her audiences during her recent tour. There is no doubt that this enjoyment was due
not only to the beauty of her yoicergnd her artistry, but also to the, fact ithat her complete repertoire, with-#he exception of the Mass in B Minor, Was sung in English. There seems to be a tendency for local singers to affect the original language of songs (especially of lieder), but there are very few listeners whe can understand their anglicised German. One is tempted to regard the whole thing as a pose on the part of some New Zealand born and trained artists when one hears a Schumann setting of a poem by Robert Burns rendered in the German transla-
tion!
LUSTIG
(Timaru).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 469, 18 June 1948, Page 5
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