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JOURNALIST: How do you see interpreters who perform atonal music? PETER HÜBNER:
The interpreter is, of course, the first medical victim of the music
he performs in a positive as well as in a negative sense. So, one would have to ask: What makes an interpreter perform atonal music whilst his whole organism is rebelling against it?Stravinsky First of all, you could simply say, he is not in his right mind. Surely that is, in fact, always the case. But I also think that that there are driving forces within him, which suppress his natural will to be healthy. I know well-known interpreters of modern music who are almost pure intellectuals, and accordingly perform atonal music entirely with their mental powers. This applies especially to conductors. These interpreters are not efficient in classical music, as they lack the feeling which they absolutely need for performing this sort of music.Beethoven So, if they dont want to be regarded as a failure in their field, and shine in front of an audience, then their only choice is to perform atonal music. I dont think I need mention any names here. Everyone who more or less knows the market, knows who could be meant, and those concerned will make themselves particularly known, when they loudly voice their anger at the arguments just brought forth.Aurel The second group of interpreters who perform atonal music here and there, are the less intelligent people, with more gushing sentimental feelings. The word feeling relates to the fact that they are used to quite successfully presenting harmonious classical music with a lot of feeling and sentiment. The less intelligent refers to the fact that they believe they can upgrade themselves with the occasional performance of an avant-garde piece of work. Thus, they try to assume to be modern, and so youll easily find them at up-market private views of a contemporary modern artists exhibition smartly dressed, intelligent upward glance, high-class hairstyle, a knowing look. And they are unable to differentiate between the natural and unnatural.daVinci From the viewpoint of the classical music creator, we are dealing here with the stupid interpreter, who does not have his own opinion, but just plays his instrument in such a way that he can appear in the right light with the help of music Blumenthal just like the model who is paid for modelling clothes, but who, apart from this job, is only concerned with appearing in the correct light and shining.Africa I would, however, like to prevent a misunderstanding: I am only
talking about interpreters and not about composers. For the uninspired
drawing-board composer who has existed at all times, and still exists
en masse today, inclusive of the numerous conductorswho
are more or less composing quite discreetly, serial composing can be
very interesting as a theory and on music-paper, even if it is atonal
but only if he cannot hear it internally. I once had an interview in Brussels with a music editor who had an avant-garde composer as a personal friend, and who therefore thought she had to get all upset about my opinion. I only told her to imagine she would give birth to a child which looked the same as what atonal music sounded like would she like that? That settled the matter in a plausible way. |
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