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Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)

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Subject: Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)
From: D.LANCASTER@xxxxxxxxxxxx 15 Jun 98 13:43:49 GMT
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 13:43:17 GMT
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Cameron Mabon wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 D.LANCASTER@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Cameron had widened the discussion to include art and poetry in 
> > addition to music, and suggested that by studying something more
> > we understand it less. 
> 
> Not exactly! I said that it is *possible* to enjoy something without 
> understanding it fully;

Agreed.

>  and that it is possible that too much knowledge 
> can get in the way.

Not agreed!  (At least where music is concerned)

...snip...

> Well, I think the enjoyment gained from studying the score is a different 
> sort of enjoyment from the enjoyment gained from listening to the music 
> itself. Studying the score is analogous to studying the cuticle of a 
> butterfly - and there are many people who enjoy doing just that. However, 
> looking at the score satisfies an intellectual, scientific curiosity 
> rather than a musical one, in my opinion.

I can't separate the intellectual from the emotional quite so 
scientifically as you do.  Listening to a piece of music, or looking 
at the score, or hearing it and following the score are (for me) aspects of 
the same experience which ultimately enhance one another.

Unfortunaltely my cats (Tikka and Bhuna) have eaten all the butterflies in
my garden so I'll just have to accept what you say about cuticles 
without reservation.

Cheers

David

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cameron

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