INTERPRETING THE MUSIC
HE spirit is willing but the flesh weak. The programmes have been there, but "sleep it is a blessed thing," and this instinctive reaction to the long winter nights has found me sometimes nodding before the end of a programme which interested me. For instance, the last talk given over 3YC by Arthur Jacobs, which began "That was Rachmaninoff by Rachmaninoff," was among the most illuminating and whimsical by him that I have listened to. The fact that Bach scores were not originally marked for interpretation gives the player great’ elasticity; that Beethoven used the "pedal" when playing indicates the dominant mood he thought fitting for his music. It is no reflection on Mr. Jacobs, therefore, that I did not hear him out. On the whole, however, his anecdotal approach to music has not as often pierced to the heart of the matter as one could wish, and there have been sessions given by our own people which really did interpret for us the form in which the music has been cast.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19540903.2.19.1
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 789, 3 September 1954, Page 10
Word count
Tapeke kupu
175INTERPRETING THE MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 789, 3 September 1954, Page 10
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in