Oliver Leaman, in his book “Islamic Aesthetics”, describes the role of the audience of musical performances (in the context of a discussion of audience response to the great Egyptian vocalist Umm Khulthum) under a section titled “The role of the audience in music” (Leaman 2004, 107): To a degree the audience reacts as it has [...]
I had wanted to talk about this topic for some time now as I realize my ability (and willingness) to sing while playing the cello puts me in the minority of instrumentalists of many if not most genres–and especially with the minority of instrumentalists who play bowed stringed instruments. Singing isn’t the issue here, we’ve [...]
Tagged Cello, SingingI believe it was Gunther Schuller that said something to the effect of “play exactly what I had written and nothing else” (if I am completely making this up, PLEASE let me know). But basically I agree to a large extent with what Schuller was saying with respects to the role of a performer. This [...]
Tagged Ethnocentrism and the very Idea of Literary Theory, Fitzenhagen, Gunther Schuller, Harold In Italy, Jacques Attali, Noise: The Political Economy of Music, Paganini, Patrick Hogan, Performance Practice, Tchaikovsky, Turkish music, Yayli Tambur