Klarinet Archive - Posting 000853.txt from 1996/03

From: juliek@-----.ORG
Subj: Re: Nate Burk and innoce
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 02:19:53 -0500

To: INTERNET: clayton@-----.ED

I agree with Lawrence. What happened to just the beauty of
the clarinet as an instrument to produce music? Music is an art,
not a means of sexual satisfaction. Some types of music can be
but I don't think classical music should be dropped into that
category. Listen to rap or rock if you want that.
Playing the clarinet is another way of speaking. I feel
the emotions like sadness, happiness, lonliness, whatever the
music I am playing depicts. There is a character to music but it
isn't sex! What do you do when you visit an art museum? You look
at great art. When you listen to classical music, you are
listening to art as well. Where did this distorted attitude
toward the art of music come from.

>Very interesting Dan but I'm afraid I have to disagree. I do agree
>with Nate though. What first attracted me to the Clarinet was
>it's warm, dark, full, and yes, innocent sound. I believe
>Vibrato is a good thing when used correctly but what you
>described is something else! Those composers would probably
>turn over in their graves if they knew how their works
>were being interpreted. Most importantly regarding your comment
>about how music in general comes from the crotch. There is
>hardly anything in this world anymore that isn't influenced by
>one crotch or another. To me, music is one of the few things
>that is still pure which is untouched by the things of the
>physical world. It renews the soul and comes from the HEART of
>the composer whose feelings are immortally imprinted in his music.
>I don't get horny when I listen to Beethoven or Mozart. Instead I
>feel repose and peace. Music is how I express my inner self, the
>intangible realm of emotions and thoughts. There's too much sex
>out there as it is. To introduce sex into music is probably the
>most horrible thing anyone can do. In other words, keep your
>Clarinet fetishes to yourself.
> Lawrence Au

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