AN EXPERIENCE OF SOUNDS
Sir,-I must say that I am enjoying very much the talks about music by Arthur Jacobs. At last we have a recognised critic who frankly states that a note is a sound and music an experience of sounds, not of emotions, its ability to paint a scene being limited to the conveying of the sounds and rhythm of the scene, such as a train pulling out of a station, taxicabs in Paris, the flight of a bumble-bee (not overloaded with honey, either), and so on. All of which partly explains why Spike Jones is not only a notorious, but also one of the most honest and creative, musicians of our time. I see now a great opportunity for a New Zealand composer to make some real dough. I have often been intrigued by the crowds at our A. and P. shows who flock around a working exhibit of a milking machine. I feel sure that, with Springtime almost on us again, there would be a wonderful sale for a recording, played by any musical group, of a composition based on the rhythmic suck and sich of a milking machine.
H.
GILLIES
(Otahuhu).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 5
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196AN EXPERIENCE OF SOUNDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 785, 6 August 1954, Page 5
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