THE MUSICAL CLIMATE
Sir,-I am a student of the piano and have studied both classical and contemporary music. I find in the latter a wealth of feeling and quality, as found in classical music. I was most. disappointed with L. D. Austin’s criticism of madern music in a recent issue of The Listener. He does not seem to realise that the world and music go on, and he is closing his eyes to progress, It is a great pity that Mr Austin is being left so far behind. Recently I pondered these questions: (1) Why do some musicians dislike modern music? (2) Do they realise what they are missing in the way of "musical food"? (3) Do they find it difficult to play and so put it aside? (4) Are they ignorant of the idioms and are therefore attempting to "speak a language not knowing the grammar’’? Students of any art are’ erasping for news on the latest developments in their respective fields; and I feel sure that Mr Austin is as keen a’ student as that, and will not allow himself to miss out any longer on the enjoyment of modern music.
I would refer Mr Austin, and any music lover who is finding contemporary music still puzzling and a little strange, to an excellent little book, This Modern Music, by Gerald Abra- ~ ham. My questions are solved in it. There is one qualification- an open,
eager mind
MARION
CLEAVE
(Palmerston North).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 11
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243THE MUSICAL CLIMATE New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 11
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