Précis on the role of a performer (part 1)
I 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 [...]
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