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Re: Copland Cadenza Interpretation?

Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-10-11 16:44

>> It seems to me that you're talking about your own choice
>> to play the music that you want to play, rather than the
>> music that perhaps you were expected to play

Not exactly. What I meant was trying to give maybe another suggestion about this:

>> Mike made a very good post that illustrated such a responsible
>> attitude toward that task, as applied to the Copland concerto.

What I meant (sorry if it wasn't clear) is that someone who is going to change a composed piece should possibly ask themselves why they are even going to play it.

>> But I was rather talking about the requirements that I, and other
>> lovers of already composed music -- including the whole canon of
>> masterpieces for our instrument from just pre-Mozart to the present
>> day -- might want to IMPOSE as a discipline on those who have
>> already CHOSEN to continue with the task of playing it. It's our
>> responsibility, I'd say.

First, I don't know about "lovers of already composed music". Maybe promoters is a better word. This implies, maybe unintenationally, that people who don't play this music don't/can't love it just as much. But "we" do! Some of us at least. "We" (again, some of "we") can love a written piece and listen to it as much as anyone, and try to undersatnd all the details of it. This doesn't mean "we" would want to play it. Listening to ALL music this way is IMO a great way to improve in whatever music you are choosing to play.

Anyway, my point is that even if someone is a "promoter of already composed music" it is very possible they can realize that not all "already composed music" is something they should play. Maybe not even all good "already composed music".

>> See, it just isn't good enough to encourage students to play it
>> 'how you feel it', any more than it's enough to allow decisions
>> about the piece to be determined by the 'market'

Exactly! Sometimes it's even more basic than that... the decision of playing a cetain piece itself is determined by the market, which will very possibly lead to what you wrote.

Post Edited (2008-10-11 16:47)

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