Well Ruggiero Ricci says that when he was 15 he played the Ernst concerto for
Heifetz, who was duly impressed but commented but you need to be able to
sight-read it. I suppose one has to practise like hell to get the technique in
the first place and then just keep on playing whatever comes
Hear hear!
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Chris,
The lack of 'improvisation' runs inline with the omnipotence of the
composer and bigger orchestras in Romantic period. Hard to improvise
in this context!
But is this really decline, or the 'rot set(ting) in'???
Steve D
Steve D
On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:53 AM,
Stephen:
The lack of 'improvisation' runs inline with the omnipotence of the
composer and bigger orchestras in Romantic period. Hard to improvise
in this context!
True.
But is this really decline, or the 'rot set(ting) in'???
Well it was the loss of a skill. Whether it was the rot
Yes, Chris, you are absolutely right both about amatuer orchestras and that
among the enormous amount of people who took music lessons in the 20th
century the arts of playing by ear, improvizing etc did appear to have been
lost. However, I remember that in one section of the final exam for
Colin,
Bringing this back to Northumbrian pipes (hopefully)
Is the skill of improvisation, the same as interpretation?
The first, I would suggest is based on a spontaneous approach during
one performance.
Interpretation, or the internalisation that Anthony was alluding to,
is a
John:
I haven't damned 'classical musicians' at all.
I wasn't accusing you personally of damning classical musicians. Sorry if it
came over that way.
Some people, including some who should no better, do damn classical musicians,
however, and even take a pride in their own inability to read
What a long, long way we've wandered from my initial point!
No one can take any pride at all in not having a skill and I for one
know no by ear leaner who would not wish to add the skill of
sight-reading to their box of repertoire-expanding tools. For many it
simply wasn't an
