Hans Pizka <[email protected]> wrote: If audiences have nothing more to do than to examine dresses of performers or how much spit is dropped from the the instruments - measured in pints or liters does not matter - , there could be several reasons: bad or boring pieces, bad or boring performance or a stupid, uneducated, unexperienced, antimusical audience.
Indeed, I agree. But one cannot go to extremes. There is a reason for appropriate concert dress, just like there is reason for wearing proper clothes to a job interview: It indicates that the performer is willing to go through slight inconvenience in order to respect the task of making a performance. If the performer can;t respect what he does, he cannot expect anyoe else to respect it. Hans -- If you disagree, I'd encourage you to test my hypothesis by playing your next guest concerto performance nude. See if the audience notices. I expect even the critics might notice! See if anyone comments whether you missed any notes... _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
