Klarinet Archive - Posting 000714.txt from 2001/09

From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jeering about Cage - T. Pay`s
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:10:39 -0400

Ed Wojtowicz wrote:

Is the idea to be controversial or to make the listener think about the
concept of music/sound in a different way? Is it about a much bigger sense
of spiritual existence? Is it about philosophy rather than music in the
traditional sense? Is it about moving boundaries?

Patricia:

This is most well-put, Ed! I definitely wish to file this away for future
reference!
All too often, we fail ourselves and our students when we work at
contemporary music and its interpretation, because we do not know the
questions to ask ourselves in our study of it. You have hit the nail on the
head! Thank you.

Patricia A. Smith
pattiesmith@-----.net

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