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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi again, Rich,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a quick note before I disappear =
for a couple
of days. (I'll be out sailing :-)</FONT></DIV>
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0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">Do
you mean in the composer, improviser or performer sense or all =
three?<BR>Are
we talking composition, technique, 'sound' sculpture, voicing? all of =
them?
The answers (observations, extrapolations, wags) could probably fill a =
book or
two, hotly debated by all. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the focus of =
the
question, but it just seems there are so many variables many of which =
point in
the 'which comes first, the chicken or the egg?' direction.<BR>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>I suppose I mean "all =
three"
Liszts. I'm thinking particularly of the limitations
Liszt experienced from the slower repetition rates of =
earlier
actions. I understand he hungered for a faster, more nimble =
action,
and he considered the modern repetition arm a godsend. It =
opened up
many more possibilities to him both in composition and
performance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>What they are able to write/perform depends very much on the =
technology
beneath their
fingertips. <BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>I'm sure that this is true much of the time, but some composers =
seem to
conjure sounds, and textures, articulations, voicings, temperaments =
without
regard to whether or not the instruments, technology, or performers =
are
capable of producing it. Sort of 'I have this idea ( by the way the =
system for
notating this hasn't been created yet) and I'll describe it as best I =
can: can
you figure out a way to make it happen?'</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Ah, but in the end, the composer must =
make the
music accommodate the technical limitations of the =
instrumentation,
whatever they may be. I don't think I've ever heard of a =
composer
composing for an instrument yet to be created, although it almost =
wouldn't surprise me -- and I'd almost understand. The weirdest =
thing I
ever did was to write a piece that incorporated a bobbling =
hammer.
Of course it could only be played on *that* piano!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Well, gotta go! I have a very long =
day
tomorrow, and we'll be up early to catch the tide.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Sarah Diane Fox, Ph.D., NPT, NPR, NRP,
ABCDEFG</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Soon to be in the =
Chesapeake </FONT></DIV>
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