HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.
DEFENCE OF
BRITISH COMPOSERS.
AN UNWARRANTABLE
ASSAULT
INCONSISTENCIES IN MUSICAL OUTLOOK.
LAST OF RADIO TÁLKS ON MUSIC AND THE ALL-BROW."
The following extracts are taken l'Arno, Gibbons, etc., period. Since from the lant of the talks on Music and the All-Brow by Mr. C. Dudley Bartlett, broadcast by Z.B.W. last
night:
In some ways we, as a nation, ate a funny lot. As sportemen, we are the meat tolerant folk on the carth; recorda and "ashas may be lifted from us, but there are no riations that can deprive us of first place in what is generally called the sporting spirit." And yet the average Briton holds the most illogical views on the subject of hobbies other than sporta, especially that of musie.
that time, wo have always been de- artistic nation and yield the palm lighted to deery ourselves as an to other countries. It is we have not been a musical nation, we have only ourselves to thank Suppose a man wants to set up business as a manufacturer of tennis racquets and all the ather members of the community say sither that they prefer to buy them in another town or elas take up Contract Bridge, the poor soul has to throw up his factory and take on some other job.
EX-MANAGER OF HEALTH-
́ ́BUREAU, ATTACKED.
An attacky as yet unexplained, made on Mr. Kwok Chun Shing, the former manager of the on Tuesday when he was on his way Health Service Intelligence Bureau home from the Supreme Court where an appeal bad boon heard against a recent decision nequitting
SALESMAN'S RECEIPTS
IRREGULAR.
NOT VALID DISCHARGE OF FIRM'S DENT.
A writton_judgment" was de livered by Mr. Justice Jacks at the Summary Court yesterday when
pinintiffs on the ground that the tho decisión was in favour of the
receipts for payments produced by the defendants were irregular, "in- naruch as they were neither chep
CORRESPONDENCE.
For obvious reasons, the identity of his correspondentë must be knoirn to the Editor. All letters intended. 'for · publication must be accom panied by the name and oddress of the uritée, not for públiçátion, un- plen an desired, but as evidence of good faith. Correspondents who do a give this information will not. see their letters in prini.-ED.]
THOSE GILT-EDGED
SECURITIES.
him of charges relative to an alleged [ped by, plaintiff, firm nor signed [TO TAS EDITOR OF THE “RONG KONG. forged vaucher."
+
The facts relating to the dissault- rickshaw coolio was charged with were disclosed yesterday when a the assault.
by an authorised person.""
The plaintiff was Los Iu Choung, Kee, 24, Des Voeux Road Central, trading under the name of Leo Yu
who claimed from the Wan Kau firao, 450, Shanghai Stroot, You mati, the sum of 8876.10 in respect if galvanised wire and netting sold and delivered.
Mr. Horace Lo was for plaintiff and Mr F.CE. Rendall for the
DAILY PRESS."1
letter in your issue of Tuesday, and si nico Kufan "is not disposed to take up the challenge, would be glad if you will notify Mr. Doncon that I am prepared to wager £100 that the end, 1930 distribution on Banka is NOT less than the end
with a cheque on my London bank; 1020 distribution. Enclosed here-
SIRI have read Mr. Deacon's
Inspector Dick said that at about Turned Down by Public. p.m. Mr. Kwok was proceeding home in a chair. When passing That is what has happened to the Arbuthnot Road the defendant If the typical individual who is British musician in the past. He picked up a heavy, piece of iron left cold by music were asked what has slaved away, tarned out most with which he attacked Mr. Kwok, was his opinion of it, he would prob-promising work and his nice kind The chair was damaged and Mr.defendants. ably describe it as an effeminate friends of the public have turned Kwok was injured in the arm, onstine or profession indulged in him down. The few who have nearitating his removal to the his Lordship said that the evidence In the course of his judgment, y cranks and weaklings, and en- struggled on have had to do so hospital, frely alien to British mentality almost in poverty, unless they have
showed there had been considorable fle might concede that it pro had the luck to turn out something to his reason for the assault the, dent the end of the last Chinese year faith, to be held by you as stake. Questioned by the Magistrate as business between the parties, and ors for £100 hs evidence of good. vided quite a pleasant background the lighter, vein, which has fondant said: "The complainant they settled their accounts, with to conversation and mistication, tickled the public. palate. Elgar, knows all about it. Your worship each other as they thought in the holder. Enclosing my card, Yours, nd that its main function is to the greatest living British musician, can find out for yourself." Subse usual way. On taking stock the etc. provide the necessary rythmic pulaation for dancing. So far an
has written many great master-quently he made some incoherent plaintiff found there was a short the technical training was concerned pieces, but he has lived for years statement from which it was gather age and later discovered that their on the proceeds of "Salut d'Amour" ed that he was under the impression salesman, So Bung, had sent cer ho would regard the vocal exercises and other extraordinarily clever but that the complainant had done him tain goods to the defendant, which
[As Mr. Deacon is a regular" ari ardnous finger practicons
less brilliant works. Then again, some harm. completely wasted energy. In fact, look at Ketelbey. He has produced
had not been entered in the books, reader of the Weekly Edition of the music is a pretty einpty, but quite much wanderful work, but "In A
rolls of wire and an acknowledge our, correspondent's letter, and They found a delivery order for 50 Daily Press, he will in due course harmless pursuit, dependent entire- Monastery Garden" and other
ment for 150 bundles of wire con
take such action as may em to ly on a good voice or nimble hands trivialities alone bave provided his
signed to Canton.
him proper: 'in the circumstancos. livelihood. (He ogetically con-
Meanwhile we have in our possCBION fessed to this in the correspondence
our correspondent's cheque for columns of the "Musical Opinioni " a few years ago.)
£100-ED.].
or both.
No Great Woman Husiclan, These views re badly shattered right away by a very simple fact.
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Modern Composers.
did not know the defendant and Complaint told the Court that he had never met him before. Defen- daot, in answer to further ques tions stated that he only knew Mr. Kwok by night.
reason whatever for the ́ assault,
No Chop On Receipts.
the
-TAKE A CHANCE. Hong Kong, September 24.
BRITISH BUSINESS METHODS.
Inspector, Dick said that as for as the Police know, there was no The plaintify sent a bill for 60. rolls of galvanised wire motting we think it is something deeper," and 48 bundles of wire (102 had said the officer. "It is a most un-been purchased elsewhere) to
defendants, whose manager called warrantable assault."
Defendant was sentenced to three and stated that they had paid fo
Sung for the goods, and produced [ THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG months' hard labour.
receipts signed by him. The plain- tiffe explained that the receipts. wero irregular as they did not bear the chop of the plaintiff firm and they were not signed by any of the persons authorised to sign_ro. cripts on behalf of the plaintiffs.
FORGED $100. NOTES CONCEALED IN SOCKS.
DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY.
DAILY PRESS."]
Sre-It is all very well for "Siloo" to talk about accommodat ing one's business clients, but whore is one to draw the line?
If a Chinese merchant comes to
do far the world has not yet pro-jolly good luck to them.
Still, they are sticking it out, and Juced a really great feminine musician. The only members of the I don't want to make the last fair нех
who have made their part of this talk an uninteresting mark in the musical world are list of names of musicians, but Chaminade, Ethel Smythe and a there are certain such who are do- handful of song writers. Non-finitely possessed of genius, whose sense," you may say, "What about works deserve continuous hearing. Clara Butt, Melba, Myra Hess, (If any worthy of mention are left Mario Hall, and heaps of others 1" out, it is due to my own ignorance Agreed; they are perfectly splendid I warned you several times executants, but what have they that my knowledge of music is based written f You may be extremely solely on what has come my way.)
His Lordship: continued. "that keen on a cortain actor or actress. Anyway, here they are:-
thero was little doubt that the da but such folk are morely the mouthpieces of the playwright. "Bo
fendants wore doing business with It is with music. The real musician! Elgar: Almat entirely self
the plaintiff Arm all through and me and says he will be unable to is the man who writes the stuff, taught, and possessed of just about
not with a Sung personally, and settle his necount on September 30, not the waiter who serves it up the broadest autlook of all British
that in accepting So Sung's irro. I may if the circumstances warrant gular receipts they were nat for you. Very well, we poor males musicians. There is no shape or need not feel quite so small about aizo in music that he hasn't tackled
obtaining a proper discharge from it arrange to help him out of his our musicianship after all, as com with complete success. More than
the plaintiff firar No evidenes was difficulty. giverena to what explanation the But if any firm is making a re- position is so definitely outside the any other musician, he has brought
salesman So Sung had to offer for feminine stops.
honour to England, as much of his
rot making the usual antries of gular practice of "accommodating” output has been put on abroad,
thers transactions in the plaintiffs its clients by letting them break especially in Germany. His views are very much his own, and he
books. He was dismissed at the their contracts with impunity, they are welcome to all the business they awes next to nothing to other com-
end of the first month of this year so way still in their employ when posera. Hie general style is very dignified, sweeping and majestic, The Magistrate passed sentences the omission: was discovered and get that way. I for one do not want although intensely human. He in of four months hard labour on the he is not now in the Colonyit, and within twelve months they
Judgment was given for the mortals. And why did we turn never stolid. Probably his "Pomp6rat charge and six months' on the plaintiff firm for the claim and will be sorry they over took it,
and Circumstance" and "Imperial second, both sentences to run con- Marches" "and no,
Mind you we've got ourselves very badly to blame. Why, oh why, did we over make such fools of our selves during late last, and early this, century with our long flowing locks, ditto ties and our exqui aloofness from fellow non-musical
out such sinuscous and sickly word ed songs na "Laddie
I won't mention others, as people to-day who sing auch songs may
Caught in passession of forged banknotes which were hidden in his socks, a Chinese was charged before Me. H.. R. Butters at Kowloo Magistracy yesterday with posses sion of one forged Hong Kong Bank 3100 note and four forged Charter
Bank 8100 notes, Pleading guilty to the charges, the defendant said that he had been asked by a friend in Yaumati to hand-the notes to another person: When he undertook the mission, he
was told that the notes were false.
"Land of hopea and currently. on de Matin" and "Chanson de Glory, Salut d'Amour," Chan-
dances to "Nell Gwyone and
If any of you heard that delightful little phantasy of Barrie's The Truth about the Russian Dancers" at the Coliseum about 10 years ago will have heard Bax in the in-
cidental music.
conta.
KOWLOON FLAT BURGLED. MAN CONVICTED ON HIS
OWN STATEMENT.
What is the use of drawing up a contract if both parties do not regard themselves as being bound. by it?
Business as I understand the term
I would be impossiblo if conducted on such erratic and irresponsible Appearing beforo Mr. H. R.: Butters at Kowloon Magistracy lines. By all means let us haggle Scott has written reams
and yesterday, two Chinese were charg-over prices and terms until the deal reams of musis which has beened with stealing $113 worth of pro-is concluded, but from that time generally accepted. My own opinion perty from a married woman living
since.
The statement of the first defen-
Hong Kong, September 24.
DALLY PELSR.")
go in to atoal, I waited there until offence I have, I hope, too many
friends among Free Church minis "The Then I ** *******
Roadside Fire" and ***Linden Let."
bo listening. All the shine, one Nuit" are known to most listeners. cannat but sympathias with the He is now not so young as he was views of those who run music down that sounds Irish, but it sounds so if their opinions are based on such rude to say that he is now getting works and affectations.
on in years, so is not likely to be Probably the bulk of those fisten writing many more big works. Two ing turned out and heard: "The of his songs will be sung in next
Monday's Studio, concert. English Singers" when they were Gorman: Intensely British, in here. Do you remember Mr. Cuth spite of his name, has written a bort Kelly's delightful introductory great lot of mucio easily compre
is that, having struck an unusual, at 5, Tong Mei Road, Kowloon,on there can be no more haggling, remarks in which he said something easible and always cheerful. Of semi-oriental vein, and having got the offence taking place on Septem- otherwise our contracts are mere to the effect that the lade of the
his hand on the public pulse with her 21.
worthless pieces of paper.-Yours, village in Elizabethan times were course you know bis incidental it, he has been satisfied to any the
When charged at the Police Inte... considered as positively uncouth if Henry VIII.", and also" Glorious some thing over and over again in Station each defendant made a
SQUARE DEAL. they could not read and sing the Devon and many-other splendid words, as a young man he made a evidence that the first defendant
slightly different ways. In other statement and it was
on this inner parts of a madrigal or other Rongs. Personally I think he rose big stride forward in musical re- part-song at sight And here are to great heights when he collaborat search work and has stood still six months gaol, and the second MR. KOOP AND HIS CRITICS.
was found guilty and sentenced to we, cracking the old "Have ated with Rudyard Kiplink in " "The thee, malapart days, up to the
defendant discharged. Yaughan Williams, to whom we skice as being the heyday of British Jungle Song Book.
Stanford, who died a short while manhood. Hang it, you can't have ago, was the greatest musician Iro- owe a great deal of gratitude for dant reads: "I went out with two [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG it both ways.
having unearthed and adorned much land has produced: Little of his of our old folk tunes. Theso he has
men to seal, and one of them gave Anti-Munis School of Thougth:- wonderful
me purse and I handed it over range of composition is
used, together with original tunes One could go on for the length haps becauso much of his work was symphonies, choral works, songs, The second defendant stated: "Iers of the Christian Church" was
known to the general public, per.written in the same idiom in his the other rin, who later gave it
back me with no money in it." Sin, The expression The Lend- of this entire talk, pulling to pinces academic rather than intentionallyett. To many, myself included, he was asleep, there and I saw them used in good faith and without the views of the anti-music school appealing. You will find one axis regarded as the greatest British of thought, but there are other cellent song of his in his Scottish all-round composer of the day they stole something and came out. points to be discussed. Just let me Students' Song Book called Tim Typical songs of his are say that music is a mentality rather the Dragoon."
ters and too great an admiration than a physical activity, and that Bantock, a fine rugged, boarded
for what is best in the Roman amongst non-performers" thei | are giant of a man who is one of the
Church to be guilty of deliberately far more truly musical people than greatest of musical professors of
giving offence to any section of the there are executants. Bearing on the day. His music is extra-
Christian community, Surely an this, there are many composers of ordinarily picturesque, especially
Anglican minister speaking in #n to-day (a couple have come within when he deals with his beloved
Anglican cathedral to an Anglican my own acquaintanceskin) who are Hebrides. He deserves far greater
congregation (and that fact was not able to perform some of their popularity than has come his way,
mide plain in your newspaper) may own compositions, owing to their
use an expression like that without: technical difficulties.
Deline.
od, but more than enough has beam A Communist, who was address think." Catholicus" tho would be
being misunderstood. I do not. And now, having tried hard to
Delius, a delicate, tender-minded said to prove to you that there ing a crowd of interested listenera braver man if he would give his put up a case for musicians general, let me say something about Englishman who has spent most of really are some Englishmen wheat the western entrance of the Tai- real name) would hesitate to speak ng about his life on the outskirts of Paris. ard composers, and in whose work kon Sugar Refinery, was arrested of the Pope as the supreme viable Brits, Brent Britain His music, based on entirely much treasure-hanting may be done. recently by an Indian coastable, only boast of one musical activity original methode, is almost etherial. If. I may be allowed just a little The man was tried before Mt. R. bead of the Church on earth;-s in which she has stood head and His tone poem On: Heating the personal bias to creep in, let me Z. Lindsell yesterday and was one he tries to decuse me of making
for greater nasumption than the, shoulders above every other nation. Art Cuckoo is Bhring was played call your attention to one of the sentenced to six weeks hard labour
The other point raised is whether For sheer musicianship, popular on a Columbin record from this greatest song-writers the world has
Evidenco showed that the con- Bolshoviam may be called a religion. yet produced, Roger Quilter, Hia appeal and brilliance, no musical, studia last Sunday evening.
Holst, a man of the most experi- genius is dificult to describe. If stable, seeing the defendant address There is no doubt that it professes comody, opera bouffe or other out
a crowd, approached" to ascertain put of lighter operatic work can mental and fortis mind any country. you could put your hands on any what was going on. He heard to be a substitute for the Christian hold a candle to those masterpieces has produced during this century of his songs, izy them over a law sonicone warn the orator of his rule danger. In fact the lending religion, and therein lies its mont which emanated from Gilbert and His chief weakness, in my opinion, dozen times and see if they don't.
approach and anw defondant;mak- roligious and philosophical quar Sullivad. On the subject of their is his aloofness and complete do grow on you. Two will be using off. He it once fallowed and forly, the Hibbert Journal, recent
or kison of exure to nie tachment. There is very little of on Monday in the same studio con had the man arrested.
Liv uhliahud at article on this vert Trubject. My own belief-14-thất, Bolshevism can never satisfy the deepest needs of human nature, and will ultimately be repudiated by the world: Youts, atd.,
TDAH. V. KOOP. Sr. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL HA
Hong Kong, September 24.
musicians.
rvioinmiliitent=
tically all listeners, one would have warmth, as it were. Hit "Planets" totax tramandque la oferta Foun nothing at all. I will choose the works that have almost staggered
The tragedy, however, is that at the world.
Dax, a young man who has struck one time we were pre-eminent in
Jatter course.MAKE
the world of music. This was dur, out in a definite line of his own. ing that wonderful period, already Little of his work has yet found influded to round about the reign its way into the domestic circle.
Other English Mustefans, There are many others (Parry, Ireland Holbrooke, Harrison, Hal- four-Gardiner, Grainger, Howells, Goossens, York Bawen, Rowley Forjesa, Phillips, Graham Peel and lota mots) who should be mention-
of Good Queen Bess-the Purcell,.. (Continued on next Column.) - A
In concluding this series, let me
(a) Music in a coherent sequence
of Bony changes. (b) Musical: Laste is entirely in
dividual but should be tolerent
• of the views of others, de
SMART ARREST BY INDIANS.
COMMUNIST ORATOR SENT TO PRISON.
among the defendant's property literature,
His Worship described the afrest as a smart piece of work and ro quested Inspector Stimson, who was proscuting, to bring the Indian (e) Good music is like a wart, constable's conduct to the notice of
it grows on one!"
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