The individual-The craftsman within-not acceptance by the masses.

Fenton Murray fmurray@cruzio.com
Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:29:18 -0800


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"It is the individual that matters, never the mass .... The numbers of =
people who consume music is of interest to concert promoters, but it is =
of no interest to me. The mass adds nothing to art. It cannot raise the =
level, and the artist who aims consciously at mass appeal can do so only =
by lowering his own level. The soul of each individual who listens to =
music is important to me, not the mass feeling of the group. Music =
cannot be helped by an increase in the quantity of listeners ... (but) =
only through an increase in the quality of listening, the quality of the =
individual soul." ---  Igor Stravinsky (but it could have just as easily =
been written by his rival, Arnold Schoenberg)
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