[LAU] Paul Hindemith says hello

Peder Hedlund peder at musikhuset.org
Wed Jun 24 04:24:56 EDT 2009


Quoting Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:11 PM, nescivi<nescivi at gmail.com> wrote:
> so much contemporary music is all based entirely
> "in the head" because you simply don't need a body to play it - in
> some cases, a body *cannot* play it! its not the virtuosic skill that
> goes missing - i can live without that. what we lose is the
> kinesthetic experience that lends extra meaning, direction and ideas
> to a performer/composer's work, even without them being particularly
> aware of it.

To quote (from memory) Frank Zappa when asked if he preferred the  
Synclavier or the live band :
"On one hand the machine doesn't get hungover or bored and plays every  
note exactly as written. On the other hand it doesn't say 'We're  
Ethel' at exactly the "wrong" time..."



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