[CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Salieri taught Schubert and Liszt.
I guess they just weren't born with enough natural talent.
Ed Sutton   ;-)

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>From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
>Sent: Nov 8, 2007 4:27 PM
>To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?
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>David Love
>davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
>www.davidlovepianos.com
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>I don't know if Salieri would agree with you.
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>David Love
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>Hi Jim,
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>Fair enough as far as it goes. But, in fact, Mozart was 
>not born knowing how to play the Klavier, nor how to 
>compose. His father taught him. (Yes, he learned very 
>young, and very rapidly, but HE LEARNED. It wasn't there 
>at birth, and had he not been exposed to music, I think it 
>is safe to say he would not have gone in that direction). 
>Michelangelo was not born knowing how to use a hammer and 
>chisel to sculpt, nor how to paint. He apprenticed for 
>years. Regardless of innate talent, skill, "genius," or 
>whatever you want to call it, a process of learning has to 
>take place. I would say that those levels 1 to 5 are 
>simply variations in capacity and "speed." It may take a 5 
>less time to get there, but less time is never no time at 
>all. Same for effort required. More or less effort, but 
>definitely some effort.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>University of New Mexico
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