Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 2003/02

From: "Raycraft" <raycraft@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet 101: Performance
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 18:02:17 -0500

Mark,
Well said!
Sue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subject: RE: [kl] Klarinet 101: Performance

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Raycraft [mailto:raycraft@-----.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:09 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Klarinet 101: Performance
> >
> >
> > Hey Guys,
> > We do need, as closely as possible, to be true
> > to what the composer had in mind.....BUT sometimes
> > we just don't KNOW what that is/was.
>
> True. However, by looking at what a composer has done in the past, and
what
> the composer was likely to do, we have a much better idea of what the
> composer's intent was. Just guessing won't make it - we put our own ideas
> into what was written.
>
> > Part of the fun of listening to/performing different
> > pieces is that there IS going to be A LOT of variation
> > from performer to performer, and that's what makes
> > it interesting!!! Otherwise, we could just throw away
> > all the musical instruments and program a machine to
> > play everything the SAME way every time!!! I happen
> > to believe that PEOPLE are what matters here.
> > I just find it incredible that this "conversation/debate"
> > is going on and on and seemingly going nowhere....
>
> The debate is whether or not you can do any damn thing you please with
> music. The answer is, of course, "yes, you can", but be prepared to defend
> why and how you do it, and don't get offended when you're asked. Just
saying
> "It pleases me" won't satisfy me (unless you're playing jazz, and even
then
> I and others might ask why you did that and where does it lead to ... and
if
> you couldn't answer I'd wonder about it ...).
>
> To me, a score is like a play; the words are all there, the actions are
> defined, the setting described. There are an infinite number of ways of
> performing that play, and some of them will be exquisite performances. All
> of the plays, however, use the same words and the same general stage
> direction. It's the actors, director, stagehands, sets, artists, etc. ...
> and a little bit of magic ... that makes the performance. Same as in
music.
>
> Mark C.
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