Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 1999/07

From: "Paulette W. Gulakowski" <pollyg@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: APPLAUSE
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 22:23:37 -0400

You know the Psalms say "Clap your hands, ye people" <duck and run for
cover> ;-)
I hate that people leave a musical while the music is still playing BUT
in some cases, it's even titled "Exit Music"
That's my "White Diamonds" and "Passion" (two scents)
Paulette

On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 19:04:46 -0500 (CDT) "Edwin V. Lacy"
<el2@-----.edu> writes:
>On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, John Dablin wrote:
>
>> However, Which is better, an audience which "knows the form", has
>> heard the music a dozen times before and is probably bored, and may
>> even be at the concert just because it's the thing to do, or an
>> audience that is hearing the music perhaps for the first time and
>is
>> clapping out of sheer enthusiasm from their response to the music?
>
>I'm afraid that's not the reason they are applauding. Rather, it's
>the
>television mentality - when the music stops, beat your hands stupidly
>together. That's also the main reason that applauding in church is
>becoming so pervasive.
>
>There's another sinister result of the same mentality. When watching
>television, when the music starts, it's OK to begin talking. We see
>that
>often when playing for audiences unaccustomed to active listening to
>music, rather than thinking of it as "elevator music."
>
>Ed Lacy
>el2@-----.edu
>
>
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