At 7:46 AM -0800 2/21/07, Chuck Israels wrote:
One of the most egregious examples of this kind of thing is the practice of playing recorded music before performances of live music in some venues.
But certainly nothing new. Handel wrote his organ concertos so that he could come out and play them between the acts of his operas! The 18th century Intermezzo and the 16th century Intermedio were both entertainments put on between the acts of an opera seria, or a straight play.
Personally, I'm appreciative of the importance of silence. When my college show group did concerts, I allowed the techs to play walkin music for the audience, but I insisted on 5 to 10 minutes without music to cleanse the ears for the beginning of our show, and there was no music at intermissions.
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