LILBURN'S SONATA
Sir-L. D. Austin’s letter was in thoroughly bad taste. It is a pity the writer cannot forget past conflicts and give the composer his dues. Nearly all of us at some time have envied those who could do so much better than ourselves with so little effort, but it is a poor man who, loses his temper and sense of values in the same breath. Recently, when a visiting artist played a trifle by Mr. Austin, perhaps Mr. Lilburn was unimpressed? I was, but kept my opinion to myself!
A.
WILLS
(New Plymouth).
Sir-Is it your editorial policy to print such letters as L. D. Austin’s recent letter on Lilburn’s sonata? The critical comments are, of course, foolish and worthless, constituting merely an attack on a fine and sensitive musician, and an implied slur on another. Should writers of letters sich as the one referred to be allowed to display their lack of taste in the columns of a highclass weekly? As you so aptly remark in your editorial of the same issue, criticism ... "should be able to point the way to higher standards."
E. D.
McKENZIE
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 5
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190LILBURN'S SONATA New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 528, 5 August 1949, Page 5
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