tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8234780165480484987..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The lost art of listeningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-39411276868748664982009-11-18T19:58:29.171+00:002009-11-18T19:58:29.171+00:00Email received:
I expect that someone will have r...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />I expect that someone will have reminded you by now of the impact made by the much-admired Antony Hopkins when, in the early sixties, he succeeded Heathcote Statham as conductor of the Norwich Philharmonic. <br /><br />M R <br /><br />http://www.norwichphil.org.uk/philhistory.htmPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-40734960226854045862009-11-18T13:23:21.127+00:002009-11-18T13:23:21.127+00:00Email received:
“…'holy triangle of composer,...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br /><i>“…'holy triangle of composer, performer, listener'</i> which <i>'demands as much effort on the listener's part as the other two corners of the triangle'”</i><br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />I would hazard a guess that most people in Western society no longer know how to listen to music, since it is basically relegated to background noise, whether driving your car, or listening to your iPod, or working at home or the office. And the term “technology” is a contradiction: sound technology has deteriorated almost irreparably to the point that only the well-monied, and well-heeled, can actually afford first-rated sound equipment. The rest is mass-produced garbage. What people think they are listening to is actually no more than amplified distortion, and that cannot be good for our own hearing.<br /><br />This may also explain why musical attention spans have decreased dramatically since the 4-minute side of a 78 (or a 45 for that matter).<br /><br />Listening is a dying art. One thing Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer pointed out is that the words “silent” and “listen” contain the same letters. I say, we lose one, we lose both.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com