' The Arts-2, 1 h : Pleasure of Music '
SCOTT GODDARD
(with illustrations)
Scott Goddard is second musical critic of The Morning Post. He began his musical career as a chorister at the Temple Church under Sir Walford Davies , and later went to the Royal College of Music, studying composition under Sir Charles Stanford and Charles Wood , organ under Sir Walter Parratt and Sir Walter Alcock , piano under
Herbert Sharpe , and conducting under Adrian Boult. For six years he was music master at Leighton Park School, Reading, and then in 1925 became assistant musical critic of The Observer until 1929 when he joined the musical staff of The Morning Post.
Mr. Goddard frequently appears before the microphone, chiefly in connection with the introductory talks for the BBC Symphony Concerts. He is now to give two talks : The Pleasure of Music ', and a sequel to it entitled ' The Effects of Music '. In this afternoon's talk, ' The Pleasure of Music', he will discuss how people take their music : in the form of a relaxation as they might take a hot bath, or as a kind of bracing tonic in the same way that they might walk across the Downs in a keen wind. Which of these two approaches secures the most from music ? Can music be fully enjoyed just by passive listening, or should the intellect be made to reinforce the ear ?