Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 1996/02

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: A love/hate relationship
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:40:15 -0500

> I suppose this means (if
>this is what you feel to be the correct ideal, which you do seem to)
>you should preach against a showy piece, hopefully with the hope that
>others will find the same salvation (i.e. not commissioning, writing,
>or performing similar pieces, at least not with the intent of showing
>off) but that you shouldn't really feel bad about liking certain
>aspects of such pieces.

>Gary Bisaga (gbisaga@-----.org)

Or you could just admit that some pieces of music (or films, or
books, or TV shows, or theatre, etc...) DON'T have lofty goals, but are
just fun!
And isn't that a perfectly justifiable goal in itself?

Stop preaching and have fun!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu