THE ROMANTIC COMPOSER
Sir.-Some of your columnists are conducting a rather pathetic, "baying at the moon" crusade against the romantic composer. Writing about Schumann "Sebastian" says, "One gathers that there are people who actually approve of his music. If he hadn’t married and died in such romantic circumstances one doubts whether he would be quite as
well known." The world’s greatest concert artists and the world’s leading publishers have thought fit to admire and accept Schumann’s compositions. To suggest that they were influenced by his state of connubial bliss or any other personal peculiarities is manifestly absurd, One cannot imagine any teacher of music arousing the interest of a favours ite pupil by reciting particulars of the selected composer’s love life. On second thoughts, when one remembers the romantic capabilities of some of the better-known composers, the idea has @ certain fascination.
M.T.
D.
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 892, 7 September 1956, Page 5
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144THE ROMANTIC COMPOSER New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 892, 7 September 1956, Page 5
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