Klarinet Archive - Posting 000220.txt from 1998/11

From: pollyg@-----. Gulakowski)
Subj: Re: [kl] Kenneth Wolman remarks on Feidman
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 19:14:25 -0500

P: I had an organist accompanist with my choir who had an "autism" label
and was an excellent sight reader. When our pastor asked him how he did
it, he said, "I just put my fingers on the keys and it comes out."

Paulette

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:05:47 -1300 "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu"
<leeson@-----.edu> writes:
>Kenneth says that he bought a Giora Feidman recording
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>He is so gifted and so unique that he is unable to transmit verbally
>what his playing style is. He is a natural, and like most unique
>geniuses, he doesn't really understand what he does.
>
>That once happened to Menuhin. At 17 he was asked how he could play
>such a difficult work so effortlessly. And he took the question
>seriously and analyzed how he was doing what he was doing. When he
>got done with the analysis, he couldn't play at all and he had to
>take several years off to regain his skills.
>
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