[silence] silence Digest, Vol 79, Issue 12

[WassermanEmr@aol.com]

Isn't the whole idea about having faith in humanity?  Achieving a  collective 
or cosmic consciousness?  Then making music?  He never  really said that, but 
that's the feeling I got from everything I have absorbed  about his program.  
I met Cage once, just a few weeks before he died, and  all he seemed to want 
to do was laugh and feel good.  Humanity and living  life was more important 
than anything else, even music.  He seemed to want  everyone to rise to the 
occasion: organizers, conductors, musicians and  audience.  Play your part well, 
then bask in it for a few moments or a  lifetime.  Improvise, adapt and 
overcome.
 
Best,
 
John Emr - New York City

 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2008 8:05:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
glenn@ogreogress.com writes:

> 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.

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