Hi, Tom, Kent, All, Yes, I've found myself thinking about Bernstein, and for the same reasons. Watch the faces in the audience as Bernstein talks at the Young People's Concerts or the talks at Harvard. Closer to home, I think Franz falls into a similar category. Like Virgil, much of what Franz has to say lies in the subtext of the words that come out of his mouth. To really "get" what they talk about, one has to work to get inside their heads...why are they saying this particular thing in this particular way? It's something like learning another language. It's one thing to be able to converse, it's quite another to understand the de facto meaning of idiomatic expressions. Well...another Jahrzeit to light. May Virgil's memory be for a blessing for us all; and may those of us who remember him strive to live our own lives and work with the same level of dedication and honesty. Peace. Horace At 03:46 AM 9/28/2010, Kent Swafford wrote: >On Sep 28, 2010, at 5:02 AM, Tom Servinsky wrote: > >>Virgil wasn't always able to articulate his perceptions in an >>understandable platform for others to follow. For that I felt he >>was unfairly chastised for choice of words rather than the body of >>work which he demonstrated well. > >Yes, Virgil was a great treasure. Your comment brings to mind >Leonard Bernstein talking about Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue, a piece >classical music purists seem to love to hate. Bernstein said words >to the effect that people always talk about what is wrong with the >Rhapsody and miss all the wonderful things that are right about the >piece. Same with Virgil, I believe. > >Kent Swafford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100928/63e7003f/attachment.htm>
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