Walter Hyde

“ I left Birmingham, where I was born, with just £1 in my possession, and after I had paid my railway fare and had taken a cab to my rooms, I had four shillings with which to fight the world. Fortunately, the Royal College of Music, to which I had come to study, having won a scholarship, allowed me a maintenance grant of £40 a year. ”

“ When one takes part in a Covent Garden performance of Samson and Delilah, and receives before leaving the theatre, as I did, a telegram from Glasgow saying how much the singing had been enjoyed there, one imagines that it must be all a dream.
I believe there are great developments in store yet. But, meanwhile, wireless is proving a special boon to the young artist struggling to make himself or herself known. ”

“ The old antagonistic attitude still persists in some quarters, but, fortunately, it is gradually weakening, and it is significant that one of the musical societies which barred me has since allowed its own orchestra to broadcast, It is late in the day to speak of the wonders of wireless, but to those actually associated with it the miracle of the thing seems to appeal with increased force. ”