[silence] silence Digest, Vol 79, Issue 12

[Glenn Freeman]

> Is it they who have the negative view of musicians and people? After
> all, it is they who respect the experience and knowledge of others,
> trusting more than what might be assumed from reading a score in a
> vacuum.

Who suggested reading a score in a vacuum? From the start I've  
suggested it was not required (optional, up to each person to decide).

>> Yes -- and now we have a President-elect who knows how to learn from
>> history and the experience of others!

Would wanting to have a beer with Barack Obama be different than  
wanting to have one with George Bush?

>> And who do you believe has a better understanding? And, seeing as  
>> all are working from the same scores, what experience might have led
>> another to "really understand" the music?

It would be different for each person ... up to each person to decide  
these matters.