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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: Sorry, David - No correlation posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 17, 2008 at 19:08:43:
I'm forgetting who said this--it may have been Horowitz, but I don't think so--anyway, the speaker was talking about a lost tradition of musical knowledge amongst classically trained pianists. He was saying that pianists at the turn of the century were normally knowledgeable about music theory and the structure of the music that they played. This put them closer in outlook and appreciation to the mind of the composer. The speaker thought that this understanding was an essential ingredient in their more expressive playing and that today's players tended to be more removed from the source of inspiration and therefore less involving.
The knowledge that he was referring to is an essential element in any jazz musician's arsenal and enables him to create meaningful on the original tune. It's an interesting notion, and one that I'm in no position to defend or deny, but it does make sense to me.
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