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An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including New Zealand musicians, relationship between music and war and classical music and contemporary music audiences.

The article focuses on the donation of opera scores and orchestral sets from the New Zealand Opera Society to the National Library of New Zealand. The 350 vocal scores of 40 operas with orchestral performance materials for ten operas substantially increased the important music collection of the National Library. New Zealand Opera Society president Leslie Austin remarked on handing the donations to the National Library, stating that the Society was keen in making the collection more available and the best to way to make that happen is adding the opera scores and orchestral sets to the Cadence database of the National Library.

The article offers information on the memorial concert for Douglas Gordon Lilburn at St. Andrew's On the Terrace on July 29, 2001. It claims that the program will follow by a reception at the National Library conducted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board. The presentation also feature everend John Murray who spoke on welcoming the guest and visitors. Furthermore, the event was described as a historical occasion with the assistance of Jill Palmer, who created the fine tribute to Lilburn.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles that were published in the 2008 issues including "Boléro," by Lynn Ren' Bayley in the September and October issue, new CD release of Thomas Beecham by Richard A. Kaplan and the Jazz Column by Michael Ullman in the previous issue.