Roger Hecht wrote:
>One possible objection (and not an entirely discountable one) is that when
>you attend a movie, you are listening to recorded music. But given this is
>a list where a high percentage of the discussions center on recordings, I'm
>not sure we can really cite this as an objection.
Not even that is necessarily true, when you take into account that
orchestras these days sometimes perform film scores live while the film is
being projected. I haven't had a chance to attend such an event yet, but
it sounds like it would be an interesting experience.
>(I think Wagner would have gone wild if he could have written music
>for movies.)
Probably he would have. Another reason for thanking our lucky stars that
he lived when he did. Just think what he would have come up with if he had
*really* gone wild <g>.
Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]