--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> sparaig wrote: > >> > > <snip> > > > >>> Mozart heard the entire orchestration, AND the melody, "all at > >>> once," then wrote it down. > >>> > >> My guess is you're not a musician then, at least not a classically > >> trained one. :) > >> > > > > Huh?? What does the fact that Mozart heard everything > > in his head and then wrote it down have to do with whether > > Lawson is a musician?
> Because if Lawson were a trained musician he would know > that (ideally) most composers hear the whole orchestration > in their head and then are able to write it down. > Profession arrangers do this all the time. It > is not unique. That's a bit different than what I understand was the case with Mozart. I'm not sure how any composer could write any music down without first hearing it in his/her head, any more than a writer writes without first hearing the words in his/her head. But that doesn't mean the composer or writer doesn't struggle to bring the music or words to mind in the first place, or to refine and revise them, before or after or during the writing-down process. (Whether it's orchestration or the main musical themes is irrelevant.) Mozart, in contrast, said he heard entire symphonies from start to finish and simply wrote down what he heard. Writers too will occasionally say they had the sense that they were simply taking dictation when they wrote a particular piece of material, but usually not a complete work unless it's fairly short. But a fully orchestrated symphonic composition is inherently considerably more complex than a string of words. > It is the great quality of Mozart's compositions that > set him apart not any techniques he used. I suspect he's not the only composer to hear fully realized works in his/her head. But Mozart heard masterpieces. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
