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Deryk replies to Henk van Tuijl:
>>... What do we say when we say that someone's playing is poetic? Do
>>we only mean to say that it is so in our perception?
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>Largely, yes.
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>>Is there nothing "out there"? Doesn't the peformance of the artist matter
>>at all?
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>Of course. If I attempted to play the music the first word to spring
>to mind would be "incompetent".
Same here.
>>In other words, is the audience the "creator" of a poetical musical
>>performance and not the musician?
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>No, the performer performs and the listener takes what (s)he can/wants to
>from the performance. What I hear as poetic you may not and vice-versa.
Another personal, recent illustration:
Many people have characterized Lipatti's playing for me as "aristocratic"
and "elegant." I can see their point - that is, I can point to things in
the performance that might lead to such an impression. This doesn't mean
that they work the same way on me. I hear Lipatti as "natural," and
"reticent."
Steve Schwartz
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