On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Mathias Roesel wrote:
...Music as a way of personal expression is a notion that didn't
develop until
the 19th century. Music to _raise_ fear, joy, anger, sadness,
tranquility
etc. has been composed since the invention of monody. But not music
that
expresses fear, joy, anger, sadness, tranquility etc. of its composer
What about music that expresses the emotions of the performer? After
all, if you don't play with feeling, you will never inspire any
feeling in an audience. Who wants to sit and listen to a note
machine? Not me. Anyway, I don't believe for one moment that music
pre-19th C was not supposed to contain emotion. To me, it's
pointless to play music unless it's an experience of delight for the
performer. Surely it's that delight that causes an audience to sit
up and take notice! I don't care how professional, or how
historical, the performer purports to be, boring is boring.
D
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