Klarinet Archive - Posting 001076.txt from 2001/02

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Landler of Mozart
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:55:33 -0500

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:59:59 -0800 (PST), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> Suppose that you had just composed some music, and you played it for
> me. Ignoring the issue of copyright for the moment, how important
> would it be if I played it a bit differently tomorrow? Or how
> important would it be if I played it exactly the same? Would I be a
> mimic or a musician?
>
> It's a conflict of goals: "My way is the authorized version" vs. "I
> hope my music had an effect on you and enticed you to do something
> with it." Do you need to understand exactly what I had in mind in
> order to want to 'do something' with my music?

I've talked to you about this before.

You can't understand how it's not a conflict of goals until you
understand how it's possible to play a piece of music several times,
obeying everything that's written, *and* for it to be different every
time.

And until you understand that, you can't understand how it's possible,
beyond that, to put further constraints on your performance, derived
from knowledge of how performers interpreted the text at the time, and
*still* produce performances that are different every time.

So, you don't understand the difference between a mimic and a musician.

But, that's not surprising. How would you?

Tony
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