MUSICAL NOMENCLATURE.
Sir,-In reply to 5a Bragh (Wellington) may I say that I find it almost incredible that anyone in this country has not heard of the world famous composers, Carrington P. Guggenheim and J. Macgregor Finklebaum, to say nothing of the great Dimitri Murphy. As the noted musical critic and impresario Egbert Raspopoff has so truly said "Mendelssohn, Liszt, Mozart-Bah!-even a tom-cat the noises makes! For feeling, depth, length, breadth, widthwhat can equal the works. of Guggenheim." I. Bragh will be saying next that he has never heard of Nicolai’ O’Toole and
his symphony, "The Expiring Egg," or Siegfried Q. Snodgrass, composer of "Honey Child, Yuh Drive Me Wild." As for his idea of dropping atomic bombs on us lovers of Guggenheim and Finklebaum simply because we are highbrows. and devote much time and study to these masters, I can only quote the words of the great modern composer Serge Terousas in his beautiful work, "Smile on the Dial’: — *% 4 Give a big, big smile to yuh neighbour, And yuh neighbour will smile" back at Gileea big, big smile to yuh neighbour, Though yuh dentures may -pop "into view.
Speaking of atomic bombs, I should imagine that even I. Bragh will grant the versatility of the same Serge Terousas when within a few days of the falling of the first atomic bomb he startled the musical world with his wonderful composition, "This Bomb Atomic Upsets My Stommick." Sir, let me beg for tolerance between earnest students of music and those who, perhaps, listen more for light entertainment. Personally, although many of my friends listen to the works of Sir Edward Bach and Felix Chopin, I always make a point of refraining from criticism and try to understand their views.
JOHN
McDOUGALL
3 (Tauranga).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 477, 13 August 1948, Page 5
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294MUSICAL NOMENCLATURE. New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 477, 13 August 1948, Page 5
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