Re: [LAU] Paul Hindemith says hello

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 02:51:53PM +0200, Bengt Gördén wrote:
> Den Monday 22 June 2009 14.35.19 skrev Fons Adriaensen:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 05:00:26AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > I vote mostly prophetic.
> >
> > Given that this was written in the early 50s, it is quite
> > prophetic.
>
> On the other hand he is wrong about musical creation being restricted to a
> certain number of people so I vote for him being just dyspeptic.

He's not saying that musical creation should be restricted to a
small number of predetermined people. But de facto, like all
artistic endeavour, it is a minority activity, We may all be
potential great composers or artists, but most of us do not
exploit that potential, just look around. Maybe 10% of the
population is capable of producing anything that would be
regarded by the remaining 90% as music they'd want to listen to.
Less than 1% could do something that would survive a generation
and become part of music history,

Ciao,

-- 
FA
Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga.
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