WADR, I think you underestimate

Posted by rbolaw on August 9, 2012 at 06:22:18

In Reply to: If you read my posts to the thread, you'll find that I disagree posted by Timbo in Oz on August 8, 2012 at 19:41:56:

the power of music as a medium for communication on an emotional and intellectual level across cultural differences and backgrounds. True, my training and experience gives me more technical knowledge about how music is constructed than a non-musician would have. But that's far from the most important thing, IMO.

More importantly, I've studied and listened carefully and repeatedly to a lot of music, and even read up on its historical context. That may give me a significant advantage, but any non-musician could do the same.

You can spend a lifetime reading up on Shakespeare or James Joyce, and get a lot more out of their work, in fact you could become the world's leading expert and scholar, without being a poet, playwright or novelist yourself. And even that is mainly because Shakespeare and James Joyce come from a different time, place and culture than today's readers. Shakespeare certainly expected the crowd in the Globe Theater to understand him. And someone living in Dublin in 1904 would need a lot less background information to understand Ulysses.

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Topic - There's an interesting thread over at General! - Timbo in Oz 15:32:36 08/08/12 (24)

Pardon My Ignorance, But............. - Todd Krieger 00:36:32 08/10/12 (2)

RE: Pardon My Ignorance, But............. - Timbo in Oz 00:44:53 08/11/12 (1)

Oh.......... - Todd Krieger 20:30:54 08/11/12 (0)

RE: There's an interesting thread over at General! - learsfool 23:59:06 08/09/12 (2)

First of all humans are a whole,and while we can analytically give names to aspects of our being. - Timbo in Oz 17:13:45 08/10/12 (0)

RE: There's an interesting thread over at General! - rbolaw 07:57:38 08/10/12 (0)

When a solo orchestral violinist closes their eyes and looks heavenward - Frihed89 23:26:44 08/09/12 (1)

Expense Account? I Want that job! - oldmkvi 09:04:14 08/10/12 (0)

No. - rbolaw 18:52:24 08/08/12 (11)

first-time listener - oldmkvi 07:40:04 08/09/12 (0)

If you read my posts to the thread, you'll find that I disagree - Timbo in Oz 19:41:56 08/08/12 (9)

WADR, I think you underestimate - rbolaw 06:22:18 08/09/12 (0)

Sheldon, Sheldon, Sheldon.... - jimbill 22:49:15 08/08/12 (7)

If you ahd read my posts to the thread, you'd know that I can only - Timbo in Oz 02:38:51 08/09/12 (1)

Not upset - jimbill 22:36:54 08/09/12 (0)

RE: Sheldon, Sheldon, Sheldon.... - kavakidd 22:52:43 08/08/12 (4)

RE: Sheldon, Sheldon, Sheldon.... - jimbill 22:42:27 08/09/12 (0)

Reda my posts, Dave - Timbo in Oz 04:01:13 08/09/12 (2)

I did - kavakidd 09:37:01 08/09/12 (1)

Par for his course. nt - Rick W 09:46:20 08/09/12 (0)

RE: There's an interesting thread over at General! - robert920rogers@gmail.com 16:25:59 08/08/12 (0)

RE: There's an interesting thread over at General! - hesson11 15:59:18 08/08/12 (2)

it's not the one Sudz posted - Timbo in Oz 17:07:35 08/08/12 (1)

Too sleepy to give a rat's ass. - hesson11 21:06:43 08/08/12 (0)

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