NAMES AND MUSIC.
The names of musical composers are often as suggestive of their work as are those of people in other spheres of life. Handel means commerce, or business, and there never was a more businesslike composer than '.'the great Saxon. Haydn had a name which means "of the moors" or "of the heath, which may account for the fresh,, healthy character of his music. Brahms is nearly the same, but hardier and more northern, for the name means nothing more or less than broom, a plant which gro*-s in abundance m the distric. irom which the Hamburg composers family came. One might also ask whether the flowing character of the music of Bach does not come from his name which means brook, or the brightness of that of Verdi (Green) or the driving style of Wagner (Cartwnght), while Bvrd Cherubini and many other names carry equally obvious BUggestions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 134, 8 June 1929, Page 13 (Supplement)
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150NAMES AND MUSIC. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 134, 8 June 1929, Page 13 (Supplement)
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