Quote for Dan Stearns

From Ernest Bloch, "Man and Music" October 1933, _The Musical
Quaterly_...

"There is something tragic in the degree to which music has gradually
divorced itself from life and become an ego-centric and an artificial
thing. Already before the war, it had wandered from the source where
all art must find its strength and its continual rebirth; it was no
longer the expression of our soul and of our mind, of our epoch with
its struggles, its agonies and its aspirations. It lacked emotive
life; it lacked humanity. In all its branch-- creation,
interpretation, modes of instruction and critique -- it had become a
cold and calculated thing, lifeless and unspirited. Music was no
longer the emanation of a race and a people, spontaneous birth out of
life. It was a music of musicians..."

JP

Joe,

{you wrote...}
>... It was a music of musicians..."

Astonishing quote - thanks for posting that one.

Cheers,
Jon

Hi Joe,

This was just the sort of thing I was meaning by my musicians quip in
the Bob Moses thread, only Bloch said it much better a long, long time
ago!

thanks,

--Dan Stearns

----- Original Message -----
From: "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:50 PM
Subject: [MMM] Quote for Dan Stearns

> From Ernest Bloch, "Man and Music" October 1933, _The Musical
> Quaterly_...
>
> "There is something tragic in the degree to which music has
gradually
> divorced itself from life and become an ego-centric and an
artificial
> thing. Already before the war, it had wandered from the source
where
> all art must find its strength and its continual rebirth; it was no
> longer the expression of our soul and of our mind, of our epoch with
> its struggles, its agonies and its aspirations. It lacked emotive
> life; it lacked humanity. In all its branch-- creation,
> interpretation, modes of instruction and critique -- it had become a
> cold and calculated thing, lifeless and unspirited. Music was no
> longer the emanation of a race and a people, spontaneous birth out
of
> life. It was a music of musicians..."
>
> JP
>
>
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--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "D.Stearns" <STEARNS@C...> wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> This was just the sort of thing I was meaning by my musicians quip
in
> the Bob Moses thread, only Bloch said it much better a long, long
time
> ago!
>
> thanks,
>
> --Dan Stearns
>

Well, I may be seeing this argument in a rather limited way, but by
my reading, Bob Moses emphasized very much the importance to his
style of music (jazz) of playing to and for an audience, in fact the
very "race of people" from whom jazz was originally an "emanation".
So perhaps there is something to agree with, as well as something to
disagree with, in what Bob wrote . . . thoughts?

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...>
> To: <MakeMicroMusic@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:50 PM
> Subject: [MMM] Quote for Dan Stearns
>
>
> > From Ernest Bloch, "Man and Music" October 1933, _The Musical
> > Quaterly_...
> >
> > "There is something tragic in the degree to which music has
> gradually
> > divorced itself from life and become an ego-centric and an
> artificial
> > thing. Already before the war, it had wandered from the source
> where
> > all art must find its strength and its continual rebirth; it was
no
> > longer the expression of our soul and of our mind, of our epoch
with
> > its struggles, its agonies and its aspirations. It lacked emotive
> > life; it lacked humanity. In all its branch-- creation,
> > interpretation, modes of instruction and critique -- it had
become a
> > cold and calculated thing, lifeless and unspirited. Music was no
> > longer the emanation of a race and a people, spontaneous birth out
> of
> > life. It was a music of musicians..."
> >
> > JP
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> > ADVERTISEMENT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
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> >