Re: Yanni

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:41:17 +0200
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,rec.music.makers.piano,rec.music.progressive
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Adam wrote:
> Nicolai P. Zwar (email-address-deleted) wrote:
>
>
>>pTooner wrote:
>>
>>>However, I
>>>submit that it is not a requirement to be a musician to
>>>compose, and probably not to conduct.
>>
>>You don't actually advance that as an earnest point of view,
>>do you? A musician is somebody who makes music, period. It is
>>often used to indicate a performer of music, but equally
>>applies to composers or conductors. If you are a composer or a
>>conductor, you are automatically a musician. By definition. To
>>say it's not a requirement to be a musician to compose is like
>>saying it is not a requirement to be an author to write a
>>book. If you have written a novel, you are an author, and if
>>you have composed a symphony, you are a musician.
>
>
> Aha, but what about some of the truly terrible pop music around
> these days?
I never pretended that what I say applies to good musicians only. ;)
> Or do you get around that one by not classing it as
> mucic?
Actually, I classify it as the "truly terrible pop music" around these
days. It's in-between the "somewewhat terrible pop music" and the
"completely unlistenable crap without any redeeming value whatsoever".
--
Nicolai Zwar
http://www.nicolaizwar.com
(we're late, we know, and we're still closed)