Klarinet Archive - Posting 000857.txt from 1997/12

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Morales
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 18:13:58 -0500

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.96
> Subj: Re: Morales

> > claire sanders wrote:
> >
> > > If everyone played everything EXACTLY as the composer intended EVERY SINGLE
> > > TIME, wouldn't this world be really boring musically?
> > > Claire M. Sanders
> > > Secretary, Zeta Sigma Chapter, Sigma Alpha Iota
> > > Secretary, ASU Band Council
> > > bab603@-----.edu
> > > =>-->-->-----
>
> Chaos theory says things cannot happen exactly the same more than once.
> The idea (and again, in my opinion) is to play as the composer intended as
> closely as possible. And besides, because instruments and concert halls,
> etc., differ, the music will sound different anyway. It's all how the
> listener responds to it, neh?
>
> Joshua Coleman

But Josh, how does a reasonable person determine what the composer's
intentions were? Except for the rhythmic intentions as described
by the notation, the pitch intentions as described by the note placements,
and the intensity intentions roughly described by the not very precise
dynamic markings, the rest is not so clear.

The fact is that music notation has many limitations and one of the
things that I don't think it tells us at all are what the composer's
intentions were.

But I'm open to learn. Tell me how you see it.

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