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A CONCISE HISTORY OF MUSIC, by Wil- | liam Lovelock, D.Mus.; G. Bell and Sons Ltd., English price 12/6. / ALTHOUGH Dr. Lovelock seems to | "have approached the writing of his history armed with musical commonsense, he has allowed his assignment to_ get a little out of hand. "Conciseness"’ | takes the form of saying too little about | too much. Travelling in just over 200 pages from the ancient Greeks to the. present day leaves the author hardly | enough space to elaborate his ideas, and | for the most part the journey becomes | littered with facts and names all of which can be found more conveniently and just as accurately in a pocket | dictionary at half the price. As a jumping off spot for wider reading, Lovelock’s history might suggest directions, | and as an examination crammer it would | probably come in very handy; but it is no substitute for the more considered study which should give background and _ perspective to the living music. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 771, 30 April 1954, Page 14
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163TOO CONCISE New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 771, 30 April 1954, Page 14
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