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In Reply to: RE: For years, it's been bandied about by the music cognoscenti that young posted by tinear on April 15, 2014 at 17:03:43
You have to believe in old souls to think that today's very young musicians have much to offer aside from incredible technical skills.
Insight requires time, not just time, but time nonetheless.
Although you do get a very limited number of individuals who can transcend any kind of rule or belief.
Music is not the circus...
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And criticism is not catch phrases. Could you be specific? Do you have certain performers or, better yet, performances in mind to exemplify your points?And, surely you have heard of the "flash of insight"? Seems to me that can happen at any time.
And lastly, I contend that there IS a show-business aspect to music making, but if some listeners prefer the pious "sackcloth and ashes" aspects of it [EDIT: an approach which, I'm convinced, is itself a type of show business!], who am I to criticize their taste? ;-)
EDIT: BTW, if you're worried that "music is not the circus", you might want to direct some of your criticism to old masters such as Vladimir de Pachmann who, as George Bernard Shaw once reported, "gave his well-known pantomimic performance, with accompaniments by Chopin"! ;-)
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Paganini comes to mind.
Would you argue, MG, that early recordings by Heifetz or (insert your favorite "old master" here) are poor interpretations because of the (then) age of the performers? Sure, we can allow that they should get better with time, but were they not worth listening to when they were young?
dh
Well put!
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