Klarinet Archive - Posting 000473.txt from 1997/10

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: When is a musician a musician?
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:08:47 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.24
> Subj: When is a musician a musician?

> My brother thinks that a musician is not a musician until he/she can compose
> music. Personally, I disagree but what do others think?
>
> Kristen

Kristin, there are many kinds of musicians and your brother's
definition is extraordinarily restrictive.

There are performing musicians, creative musicians (composers fall
into this category), scientific musicians (musicologists), and
even musicians who no longer play.

To state that a musician must be able to compose is to establish
a definition that is both arbitrary and unrealistic.

>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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