NEW ZEALAND COMPOSER
WILLEBY’S WORKS DISPUTE IN WELLINGTON (Per Preia Aiiociation.) WELLINGTON, this day. One of the classes at the Wellington Competitions festival is the ladies’ vocal solo, New Zealand composer. There were 27 competitors in the event, and three or four who chose songs by Charles Willeby were astonished when they were informed by the judge, Dr. Qyril Jenkins, that Willeby tvas not a .Now Zealand composer but an American. Willeby had been accepted by the society as a New Zealand composer. Two of his compositions sung were “Summer Rain’’ and “Stolen Wings..’’ One competitor said her teacher informed her that Charles Willeby was horn in Dunedin and lived in New Zealand until about 20 years of age, when he went to London. A further Statement was to the effect that Charles Willeby was born in Dunedin and worked in a shop in Wellington for some time. It is contended that his works should be accepted by the judge. Dr. Jenkins said it was rather new to him to find an American name figuring on the list of New Zealand composers. It was the 'first time he had heard that Charles Willeby was a New Zealander. It had been a pleasure to hear some of the charms of one New Zealand composer, Alfred Hill.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18179, 29 August 1933, Page 5
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