David Cozy wrote:

>I assume that the word "intellectual" as used in the above quotation
>actually means something and is not just boilerplate, but thinking
>about it, I find myself uncertain what, in the context of musicianship,
>"intellectual" might denote.  I am certain I have seen the word used to
>describe other musicians, so it must be shorthand for something, but
>what?
>
>Any ideas?

Think of the way Alfred Brendel and Arhur Rubinstein might approach
playing, say a Mozart or Beethoven piano sonata or a Beethoven piano
concerto.  What do you notice as the differences of interpretation?

John Fiset <[log in to unmask]>