Doublereed Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 2005/02

From: PhilFrei@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote from Dieter Fischer-Diskau
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:27:32 -0500

Not to compete with Janie's QOD, but I thought this was kind of interesting.
DFD said it on a video tape about him and his career that I borrowed from the
Berkeley Library.

"The basic sound of my instrument, my voice, was that of a gentle oboe. it
had to be gradually amplified. I had to find more resonance to make it broader.
And this can of course, only be the result of long, painstaking work because
the instrument of the voice is invisible. One has to discover the correct
feelings to solve the technical problems and assimilate the process."

The oboe reference that caught my attention, but the description of the
process of practicing seems very apt, even for visible instrument.

- Phil Freihofner

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