MUSIC
Sir,—l have read with deep interest the correspondence in connection with music. Kindly permit space to quote the words of Belle Brittain: "This is the luxury of music. It touches every key of memory and all the hidden springs of sorrow and of joy. I love it for what it makes me forget, and for what it makes me remember." Never was there a time when people needed music more than at present. The more the better, providing it is of an uplifting and inspiring nature, and not a perversion, irrespective of its national origin. To-day we need a greater desire to do a little more musing and a lesser desire to be merely amused. We are living in a world in which there is much discord. We need harmony. The radio, one of God's greatest gifts to mankind, has transformed this world into a vast whispering gallery.* Let us then no longer be content to go on living in a fool's paradise. It is our job to see that the radio is used for the good of mankind, and not abused by broadcasting so much yelping, yodelling. crooning, sentimental rubbish. We want music, and of the best. type. We pay for the best, therefore we arc entitled to the best. G. Mayer.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23880, 3 February 1941, Page 9
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