DISCORDANT DUO.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 9

DISCORDANT DUO.

i Famous Musician and Ambitious Pianist. i ! MUSIC WITHOUT CHARM, j i ( Received 12 noon.) | LOXDOX. Eebruary J:'.. ( A sidelight on the homo troubles of ! a famous musician was revealed by Sir I Landon Konald, as a witness in an artion ■ by a landlord, who sought the ejection of a tenant from a West End ilat because of persistent piano playing by a young Indian student, who was ! ambitions to become a professional. I "The queer thing."' said Sir Landon j Konald, "was that lie played all day 1 long, but never during my absence. He i often varied his coinings and goings, yet I he began as soon as 1 came home. I "It was uncanny. His playing ranged I from Beethoven to jazz, five-finger ; exercises, arpeggios. 1 even offered to I pay for a room for him elsewhere, but i his playing proceeded interminably, j "He even started at 9 o'clock on I Christmas morning." I The Judge: YVas it "Peace on Earth'' j Sir Landon added that he had not I written a note of music since the Indian jcamc. He wanted to. but it was impossible. The ca-c was settled. ' Sii Landon Konald is piincipal oi t'.r i Guildhall S«hoo| oi Music, conduit"!' o! the Albert Hall Sunday concert:*, the N. a Symphony Orchestra, etc. He has had ; immense success throughout Europe and ' is one of the most popular song writers • living.