HAYDN'S TOY SYMPHONY
Sir,-Most of the correspondence on the subject of the Toy Symphony has missed the point. Of course we ,should enjoy a "musical joke," of course we should allow ourselves to"laugh, at a symphony concert or wherever we meet humour, and of course we do not have to be solemn, earnest, owl-like audiences that repel the young and the less classi-cal-minded listener. I am sure that all music-lovers would agree that this is so. The only valid criticism of the National Orchestra’s presentation of the Toy Symphony is not that it was played, but that it was played wrongly. If the National Orchestra had been able to give us a true performance of the Toy Symphony as it is intended to be played, instead of a burlesque which was full of mistakes, there would have been no furore, no correspondence except adulatory. Hand-in-hand with the enjoyment of the "musical joke’ by all sections .of the public, would have gone genuine appreciation by serious music-lovers of a fine performance of this delightful classical composition.
PHYLLIS M.
SHORT
(Henderson).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 871, 13 April 1956, Page 5
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179HAYDN'S TOY SYMPHONY New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 871, 13 April 1956, Page 5
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