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Sunday, February 03, 2008
ive been reading the book My Life and Music by arthur schnabel and it inspires alot. just like how alot of books by great musicians do. and heres sth that somehow reminds so much of hoppie groewndald in The Power of One by bryce courtenay. heh.
"First hear, then play" - so quoted from schnabel. "and this was precisely what he did. Before the fingers moved and the sound came at the beginning of a composition, you were aware of a gathering of force; the pianist was listening; he then played what he heard. And so it went on all through the most elaborate composition......There was never the slightest hint of 'this is how i feel today', which can make other players give highly variable performances, sometimes, as we say, inspired, sometimes not; it was always: First hear, then play."
and on choice of pieces performed: " I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wrongly) that unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesnt interest me too much....I am not sure that I do know it, inside and out. THerefore I can spend endless time on it"
woah ehh. and thats tons more. for now. these. makes me think.
what makes
you attracted to a piece then?
there are days when im afraid that i wont wake up to a new morning. i am unable to explain why so, i just have such an existing morbid fear. and that motivates me to do more, live fully, and so my days (and nights) are crammed packed with stuff.
and then again there are days when i just spend alone, being an antisocial freak and blissfully indulging in such isolation. this balance is however constantly changing tilting wavering. you might question me for supposedly wasting so much time on useless activites. but then again, would life be so joyful without these then? certainly not.
perhaps im just greedy.
chilipadi on 2:28 AM
