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Alan Dudley wrote:
>Do composers, for instance, need to feel sorrowful to write sorrowful
>music, festive to write festive music, or seeking for God to write
>seeking-for-God music?
It may not be an absolute need, but it definitely will result in a better
musical composition. There's also the issue of a listener being able to
detect the "phony" nature of the feelings. When I'm thinking that way
about a work, *I* feel used and angry.
>Similarly, do performers need to feel the emotions they seek to convey?
Same as above.
>So we come to listeners. I know that a listener is not going to convey
>much emotion to others by the way he listens, but does he convey emotion
>to himself.
Of course. Without that little feature, hardly anyone would write,
perform, or listen to music.
Don Satz
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