MUSIC FOR THE QUEEN
MASTER of the Queen’s Musick, Sir Arthur Bliss, composed two pieces | for the Queen’s return to London-a military march and a "Song of Welcome." The latter, lasting about 18 minutes, has words by Cecil Day Lewis. This professor of poetry at Oxford was asked to write the words because, says Sir Arthur, "he is such an excellent musician." He is also an excellent writer ef aetective stories under the name of Nicholas Blake. As for breadth of interests, the professional musician was himself recently commended at the annual dinner of the Royal Society of Arts for his composition, "Tribute to Painting." Sir Arthur Bliss recently conducted for the first time at a public performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The occasion was the 275th production of his ballet Checkmate. He recalled that at the first performance during the Paris Exhibition of 1937, Margot Fonteyn filled the minor role of one of the pawns. |
J. W.
GOODWIN
(London)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 11
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163MUSIC FOR THE QUEEN New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 779, 25 June 1954, Page 11
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