Sir,-May I be among the first to congratulate the NZBS and The Listener on an excellent balance in musical entertainment and verbal coverage of same. I am a staunch admirer of both classical music and the best in jazz, such as is presenterd in the VOA broadcasts over AYA. Musical bigots such as L. D. Austin and Varian Wilson miss a great deal of enjoyment from this art in their failure to appreciate the qualities of both forms. Few people are likely to derive equal pleasure from both "good" music and jazz, but no one is justified in exalting his own preference to the total exclusion of the other, Jazz is not necessarily a cheap and degrading form of music, any more than classical music is necessarily "slutinous gloom." I am_ thoroughly weary of these one-eyed attacks, and’ would suggest that their perpetrators take a few badly needed lessons in tolerance. I feel that the NZBS does the best possible job in providing musical entertainment for all tastes. My only regret is that there are not enough highbrows in this country to warrant an all-day programme over the YC stations.
ALISON
WILLIAMS
(Dunedin).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 895, 28 September 1956, Page 5
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193Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 895, 28 September 1956, Page 5
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