Klarinet Archive - Posting 000919.txt from 2000/10

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Critics
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 14:22:24 -0400

I see a universal and complete position that critics are, of necessity,
bad. I would like to disagree.

Critics serve a valid purpose, both professionally and in private
dialogue. While what they say may be wrong, and is certainly may be
hurtful, on occasion it is right on the money; i.e., it is useful
information that enables the serious performer to learn from it, that
is, if he or she wishes to do so.

Personally, I am disinclined to criticism based on taste, but when it
comes to really good criticism, for example from some of the music
critics of the NY Times most of whom are quite objective in their
assessments, one could not pay enough money for such useful material.

If you simply don't like any criticism, you are not going to like being
a professional performer, because there is so much criticism of one's
work.

Examine the writings of Eduard Hanslick, Will Crutchfield, and even
George Bernard Shaw (who often did not know what the hell he was talking
about but he said it gloriously).
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