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Re: Re: Re:
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, jerry and judy wrote:
|>Gee, I thought Bach improvised, too.
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|>SH
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|Yes, but he didn't see fit for any of his 'these musings' to become
|representative of his developmental outpouring.
But what about the 3-part ricercar in A Musical Offering? It's allegedly
based on his improv before the king.
|Even <I> can sit down and endlessly outgas chordal relationships and
|melodic 'fragments' that would be hopefully entertaining. But what JSB,
|Mozart and Beethoven allowed to part of their permanent 'record' was in
|line with their general vision. Improvisation was a means to an end, but
|it was never THE art form.
Just like there may be un-improvised jazz, but it's surely not yet the
dominant form of jazz performance---people listen to jazz for the
spur-of-the-moment inspirations and darings. I should think that
improvisation is meant for live, rather than recorded, performance.
Similarly, I think that people listen to art music mainly for the
refinements (the breadth and subtleties) that come only after SOME
contemplation and elaboration. I believe JSB, Mozart, and Beethoven did
use some good ideas from their improvisation in their "written-out"
compositions. But we'll never know.
---
Clifford