Comments on: A New Sense of Direction http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/10/24/a-new-sense-of-direction/ Aesthetics, Theory and More… Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:43:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Knupp http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/2008/10/24/a-new-sense-of-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bob Knupp Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:31:14 +0000 http://musicintrains.williamscomposer.com/?p=182#comment-10 The only way to get to the core of Schenker is to read Schenker himself. He's strange, but strangely insightful. To me, the value of the whole train (blog title…) of thought lies in the middleground: discovering large scale-connections (but not too large), and developing the intuition to musically convey to a listener the inherent cohesiveness of a work. In this way, large works (10 min. or more) can easily grasp the attention of a listener—if a performer becomes one with the music. As for performers of new music: practice and discovery of music begins only after the notes are learned, period. The only way to get to the core of Schenker is to read Schenker himself. He’s strange, but strangely insightful. To me, the value of the whole train (blog title…) of thought lies in the middleground: discovering large scale-connections (but not too large), and developing the intuition to musically convey to a listener the inherent cohesiveness of a work. In this way, large works (10 min. or more) can easily grasp the attention of a listener—if a performer becomes one with the music.

As for performers of new music: practice and discovery of music begins only after the notes are learned, period.

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