Charles Dalmas wrote:

>Even if you read music, you cannot glean any useful information about a
>message or statement from the printed page.  You know what the music is
>conveying only if you know the piece, and have heard it before.  Without
>this contextual knowledge, it is impossible to know what the music is
>saying just by looking at the printed page.

As Dave Runnion says, this isn't true.  It's said most conductors have
absolute pitch.  With this and musical training, one can look at a score
and hear all the parts at once, as far as the pitches are concerned and
your interpretation of the markings so that you 'hear' the dynamic changes
too.

Even those of us somewhat less well endowed can do this.

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