Sir-Did I actually perceive The Listener blushing when it was last week caught in a state of undress by "Band Conductor," of Masterton? Sensibly it had the decorum to don an emergency garb and profusely. apologise per medium the leading article. May your thought provoking extemporaneous article precede an era of more intelligent appraisal of the value of the brass band combination. The point at which the bandsman in New Zealand defeats his own crusade for recognition as an artist to be taken seriously is in his lamentably low standard of performance and in his inconsistency. This is a resuult of the contest complex the bands have developed, making their contest performances the only ones that are worthy of their best. Thus when a listener understands that he is listening to an A grade band and is disgusted by the poor performance, he should’ also remember that in all probability this standard of performance probably has no relation to that which procured for the band an A grading. These however remain as local defects and for the present our standards
must be taken by those very fine English and Australian brass bands, as in these countries the most sceptical have long been appreciative of the cultural value of the brass band, : I shall now remain hopeful that your future coverage of the above subject will be in accordance with the time devoted to it by the NZBS.
TOLERANCE
{Kilbirnie).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 510, 1 April 1949, Page 5
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