Klarinet Archive - Posting 000298.txt from 2003/09

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] RE: clarinetist/musician
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:32:59 -0400

From: Nancy Buckman

<<<The world of classical singing, especially opera, has been replete
with people with wonderful voices who nevertheless could not read a note
of music. Enrico Caruso was one.>>>

>> Andrea Bocelli doesn't read music either and has a fine voice and is
quite musical.

Sorry, I can't quite agree with this assessment of Bocelli. He does
have a "fine voice," as you suggest, or in other words, a fine
instrument. However, when it comes to musical interpretation, he is an
automaton. He sings as though he is imitating a recording, and no
matter what he is singing, it is always the same recording. This has
nothing to do with the fact that he is blind, but rather relates to
musical instincts, or the lack of them.

Ed Lacy
University of Evnasville

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