Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 2003/05

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] democracy in music
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 02:02:26 -0400

Am 28.05.2003 5:23 Uhr schrieb "Albert Nemiroff" unter
<anemiroff@-----.net>:

> I cannot remember any occasion in which group music performance is
> predicated on the democratic process. There may have been an infrequent
> exception in regard to a duo, trio, or even possibly a quartet, and then
> only for artistic interpretation. Expectation of democracy in music is an
> oxymoron. Has anyone a differing experience?

It seems a little bit like an oxymoron hen I tell you that in the 20's ther
was an Russian Orchestra (i think it was called Sinfonima(?)) that orked
without a conductor. They had to agree on everything. I heard it took
sometimes half an hour to get work on a ritardando. But imagine an orchestra
who takes one breath, has the same attitude , and so on...
I always liked this idea of not not having an conductor that I founded the
"Salonorchestra at the University of Education Heidelberg" (Germany). We try
to work together in more democratic way than it is usual in an Orchestra.
BUT sometimes one or two force the others and not everyone wants be an
active part in making decisions.

Best Georg

> There are various solutions to public temper tantrums, as there are
> procedures for answering a sincere call for help. Success in resolution of
> problems, for which help is requested - even begged by incessant
> teration - is predicated in large part on the willingness of the seeker to
> want to be helped. Certainly there are health care providers on this list,
> who can corroborate the notion that cancer victims who fight to survive have
> a lower death rate than those who give up. Repetition of "Po' me" doesn't
> cut it. A rut is just a grave with the ends kicked out of it. There is such
> an extra-special feeling generated by the task of deleting extraneous
> trivia, not only from my home computer, but from the office computer as
> well. How about a tantrum tax levied on those who remain refractory to what
> are generally accepted as reasonable solutions?
> Al
>
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