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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Okay. posted by markrohr on February 3, 2007 at 10:05:50:
I have nothing to do with chemicals, and I quite agree that art is unsettling and should be so. I didn't actually say "musicians walked off stage because they were playing Mahler". What I said was that musicians who:
a) found Mahler unsettling
b) were already in an anxiety state
have walked off stage during a performance of Mahler, because the combination of the two pushed them over the edge. I hope this makes it clearer.
As for Schumann, one pianist burst into tears immediately after playing his piano concerto, and lived in constant worry that he would break into tears while performing Schumann.
Yes, some composers are unsettling for some performers - though as has been said, the majority of musicians are unaffected. Musicians are sensitive beings, nevertheless, and bursting into tears with emotion in some circumstances is far from rare, and if depressed more common still. I see a number of musicians who for one reason or another can't go on the platform. Of course I have a skewed clientele - they all have problems of some kind. But in the years I was in the profession as a bass player I saw plenty of grief first hand.
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Follow Ups
- I think fundamentally you're agreeing with me. - andy evans 11:27:03 02/03/07 (5)
- Well, if drinking doesn't work, then these folks need to be reminded: - markrohr 11:42:48 02/03/07 (0)
- Well, its only fair -- considering all the grief bass players *cause* :-) nt - Rick W 11:35:28 02/03/07 (3)
- You're not a viola player by any chance? - andy evans 14:36:01 02/03/07 (1)
- No. Electric sousaphone nt - Rick W 14:59:30 02/03/07 (0)
- . . . It was the bottom of the Ninth and the basses were loaded, etc. - markrohr 11:41:01 02/03/07 (0)
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