6 NOVEMBER 1936, Page 22

PROTESTS ABOUT MUSIC

. _ [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—May I beg a little space to draw attention to a curious phenomenon in London music this season ? There is living today a genius who has drawn forth the most cordial tributes from such eminent judges as Dame Ethel Smyth, Einstein, Havelock Ellis, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Arthur Wigs, Romain Rolland, Stefan Zweig, Koussevitzkk, Mengel- berg and Bruno Walter, to name but a handful of his admirers. He was represented by a solitary performance of one orchestral work last season. This season programme-builders have not been so venturesome, for not an orchestra in London is to acknowledge his existence. Yet many believe hint to be " the most remarkable of living composers." His name is