Klarinet Archive - Posting 000713.txt from 2003/05

From: "Bill Daniluk" <bdaniluk@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] democracy in music
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 06:07:25 -0400

I would say that most string quartets and wind quintets are democracies of a
sort. The most prominent large group I'm aware of would be the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra, though their process
(http://www.orpheusnyc.com/about/process.htm) sounds more like a republic
than a democracy.
BD

-----Original Message-----
From: Albert Nemiroff [mailto:anemiroff@-----.net]
Subject: [kl] democracy in music

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?...etc

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