Klarinet Archive - Posting 000248.txt from 1999/07

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] APPLAUSE
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:34:46 -0400

When I was in college, my theory teacher would loudly and quickly clap
at the conclusion of every musical offering, at every concert,
regardless of the musical content, even if the music ended in a whisper.

What an obnoxious and insincere jesture this was just to let everyone in
the hall know that HE KNEW when the piece had ended. I've often wondered
if he was really listening, if he was ever emotionally moved by what had
just transpired.

PS: I learned to love Bach much later in life. I hated it all when
having to analize it in his theory classes. The passion, the love, the
excitement for Bach wasn't there. It certainly wasn't there in those
old, moldy McKose theory books published by the Eastman School of Music.

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