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I'm reading a novel called The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch and in it he writes:
Anyway, I'd be very interested in other people's opinions...
(by the way the character being discussed is a cellist FWIW)
I thought this was an interesting idea, and though I don't necessarily wholeheartedly agree with it verbatim I think there might be some truth in it - perhaps less so for jazz than for classical.Mulisch said:She was a professional musician; she knew that making music was not about expressing emotions but about evoking them: and that could only succeed when it was done professionally - that is, dispassionately, like a surgeon operating, regardless of theatrical grimaces conductors and soloists often pulled when they knew they were being watched.
Anyway, I'd be very interested in other people's opinions...
(by the way the character being discussed is a cellist FWIW)