Klarinet Archive - Posting 000749.txt from 2000/12

From: Jennifer Jones <JJONES@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Roger speaks
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:04:53 -0500

> As for Tony's argument that performers are creative in a certain sense, I'm not
> sure I understand completely. It seemed to me to be a bit of a stretch at
> first, but it worked once I divorced my thinking from creativity only in the
> sense of composing. The situation of performers then appeared to be on a
> rather fuzzy borderline between creativity in terms of composers and the
> imagination to show how pieces "live" another person referred to earlier. But
> then, my thought went full circle and made me ask if composing wasn't the
> imaginative assembly of many preexisting isolated elements to synthesize a
> "new" pattern? Thus performance would be analogous in that it is the
> imaginative assemblage of a performer's previous experiences and knowledge of
> music to synthesize a new performance.

Blech, that was as clear as mud and I don't think it is even reclaimable.
Unfortunately, I can't try now as I must return to studying for an Ochem final
this Saturday. Right now, I think the above should be taken as some idle
unrefined thoughts.

Sorry.

-Jennifer

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