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Re: [microsound] Lemur!




On Feb 17, 2005, at 6:07 PM, David Powers wrote:

The history of violin playing, the virtuosity that must be attained, is
precisely what makes it an esoteric and aristocratic discipline,
something inacessible to most of us.

there are many virtuoso gipsy violin players. for shure they are not aristocrats.



I love violin playing, but in a
hierarchical society founded on wage labor and dead end jobs, it's not
an option for most people, and to hold it up as a musical ideal is
tantamount to declare that music is an activity that should only be
accessible to the privileged few.


my close relative plays first violin in berlin philharmony. he grew in zagreb, went to local music school, and moved to germay at the age of 20. his parents are not rich. they did put as much as they could in his education, but for the most part it was his will and talent.



klif


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