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A national orchestra: controversial review

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A national orchestra: controversial review

When historian and critic J. C. Beaglehole wrote a less than enthusiastic review of the National Orchestra's first concert for the Listener in March 1947, it brought forth letters of protest and Beaglehole was forced to defend himself.

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New Zealand Listener

Reference: New Zealand Listener, 21 March 1947, pp. 8–9

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Peter Walls, Orchestras – The National Orchestra, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/44510/a-national-orchestra-controversial-review (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Walls, i tāngia i te 14 March 2014.