--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> 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. >
I rarely listen to classical music, but for me Mozart is "just" a composer with an amazing *technical* skill as to composing symphonic music, or whatever. Sometimes his rhythmics are annoyingly predictable, so to speak. Most emphatically, YMMV! 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/
