Since when is any great work of art (esp. one as complex as "Amadeus") only "about" one thing? To say nothing about what "music is about"....
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] O.T.: 2 Vivaldi movies slated to be released > Daniel Wolf wrote: > > I think it may say something about the real state of affairs in > > education in the humanties today that the film _Amadeus_, even in a > > civil discussion among musicians, is immediately labeled a "film about > > Mozart", when it is nothing of the sort. > > Both the stage play and the film-- and the title is the giveaway -- is a > > study in the love of God, loving God, and of a creator's unequal and > > inexplicable assignments of worldly gifts. The play and film have > > indeed instrumentalised aspects of some historical figures and events -- > > throwing in a number of fictional elements for good measure -- but an > > educated audience should be able to figure that out. > > > > However, I honestly don't know what is more alarming: the broad public > > misperception of the work, or the persistent complaints from musicians > > and musical academics about the play and film for lack of historical > > accuracy, a standard that the author (and, subsequently, filmmakers) had > > no interest in meeting. > > > > Daniel Wolf > > > Wow, cool, that one went right over my head. and everybody I know who > has seen either the play or the movie. > > So this brings up an aesthetic question: > > When the entire world (or practically the entire world) misses such a > subtle point about the real point a work of art is trying to make, whose > fault is it, the creator's or the public's? > > I think that if what Daniel is saying is the real point of the play and > the movie, then the author and the directors and the producers missed by > a mile. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
