Modern Music
' How Does it Strike You? '—1
Percy Scholes , B.Mus.
Dr. Percy Scholes 's series of talks on ' Modern Music ' is intended to show the listener what values there are in various types of contemporary music. Nevertheless, instead of telling you what he considers to be good or bad, he will leave you to form your own opinion on the sound principle of ' Every man his own critic '. Some of the music he will present he does not care very much about, but at least he ' understands ' it, so far as the structure and the composer's general aims are concerned. Dr. Scholes is anxious that listeners should also ' understand ' it and then praise or condemn as they think fit. In other words, Dr. Scholes wants to awaken a taste for exploration.
The music will be presented chiefly on gramophone records that as yet have not been heard by the public, for they were specially made for Dr. Scholes.