tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22359013.post115584758387880876..comments2023-06-11T04:22:20.924-07:00Comments on Elisa's Bike Trip: Elisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14854777937492094156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22359013.post-1155930005216756662006-08-18T12:40:00.000-07:002006-08-18T12:40:00.000-07:00All good points. Question: Do you consider Mozart ...All good points. Question: Do you consider Mozart ditty playing by students who are sight-reading the piece for the vulgar crowds of passerbys "art"? <BR/><BR/>And I disagree on your take on why plays Bach. I play Bach, because it is a bit like a mathematical exercise. On the piano, a good Bach interpretation requires superb technique and voicing control, as well as being able to keep the voices separate in your mind real time (none of these abilities which I have even a semblance of, unfortunately, as a quick suffer through listening to me will attest). This gives one (both the interpreter and the listener) a kind of intellectual pleasure, I think, apart from the simple acoustical one, that, in my opinion Mozart, for instance, doesn´t as easily (or not in all of his works) produce. (shrug)<BR/><BR/>Well, that´s what I think, anyway. At least at the current moment. :)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854777937492094156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22359013.post-1155918395171635542006-08-18T09:26:00.000-07:002006-08-18T09:26:00.000-07:00One plays Mozart to get change out of people's poc...One plays Mozart to get change out of people's pockets. One plays Bach to show he can do it. <BR/><BR/>You note lower on the page that had Bach not been supported by the church he'd not have written so much - kind of proves the point above. Mozart gets support of the people.<BR/><BR/>Who should support art is now, as then, who benefits from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com