MUSIC FOR BANDS
Sir,-I have noticed that some of your correspondents have, at various times, bemoaned the cheap and trashy recording of classical music made by popular swing orchestras. To an extent I sympathise with these correspondents, but I am more than a little surprised to find they have not found fault with what are, to my mind, performances of the classics that are equally as cheap and trashy, namely those by brass and military bands. It seems it is the aspiration of most brass bands to play famous operatic and symphonic works, which are far above their tonal and perceptive range. What a sorry mess these bands make of the classics! . If it is because of an inadequate repertoire of marching music that the brass band has had to encroach on the classical domain, then it is time that another Sousa was born. The other obvious solution is for the brass band to’ disband.
PETER J.
HEAWOOD
(Dargaville).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 5
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159MUSIC FOR BANDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 5
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