Author: jane84
Date: 2007-06-23 17:49
Hank:
Remember he had two wives...
No, really, if I should answer seriously I think it may have something to do with national characteristics too: American music, fex., is often [taking a deep breath and stepping into the minefield] confident and extrovert, say, and most americans seem to have those characteristics too (or maybe the other way around...) - spanish music is often proud and ....okay, this is hard to describe, but you get the point: some sort of national spirit, like. At least socially, between people, such a thing exists.
So: can that be copied by an "outsider"? Sure. But merely copying isn't really the point - can it be understood? Can an american understand how an italian thinks? A german follow the mind of a chinese? I don't know.
On the other hand: Does it matter? Must it be played exactly the same way - what about input from other places/countries/customs/whatever? Aren't people anyway more than just citizens of their country? If some composer was manic-depressive, say, could his/her works only be played by other people with the disease? When does the music leave the composer and enter the world and other peoples' interpretations?
Conclusion: It's either a very old discussion or it sort of bothers on the absurd.
(someone once told me that music is retorics; this was a very musical post:)
-jane
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