On Wednesday, February 16, 2010, I attended a masterclass/presentation with Joel Hoffman, Professor of Composition at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. He came to the University where I study violin performance and gave a rather informed, inspiring speech, simple as it was. I find these kinds of meetings delicious and educational. I sometimes feel as though a raw hunger within in me is awakened, as well as a new inspiration is given.
It's interesting to note that though writers, or novelists always have editors, composers of music do not.
As composers, we must include everything we want the performer to know about us and the piece in the score - phrasing, dynamics.
Bach didn't do this because he was working with the performers of his works on a regular basis and could tell them what to include.
Variety in music:
Should we question who we are because we write varied music? Do we have a central core? Ha, Stravinsky may have.
Vivaldi, Debussy (to a certain extent), Bach
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