The Challenge of "Bi-Musicality"
1960; University of Illinois Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/924263
ISSN2156-7417
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Musicological Studies
Resumon the world of music one occasionally hears of the highly-skilled mechanic who fancies himself a performer, the clever inventor who passes himself off as a composer, the diligent historian who believes he is a musicologist and the professional educator who confuses method with At the risk of oversimplification let us say at least that all of these diverse representatives of the field of music would seem to have one trait in common-a lack of musicality. And what do we mean by musicality? First let us note that the Harvard Dictionary of Music wisely skips from Musical glasses to Musical offering, and then-again at the risk of oversimplification-let us pass on to Webster's Unabridged Dictionary where musicality is defined as musicalness, a noun form of the adjective under which, at long last, definition number three may be quoted: Fond of, or intelligently appreciative of, music; as, a musical coterie; having a natural aptitude for music. Although at this point we may see some wisdom in the policy followed by the Harvard Dictionary, let us assume that a natural aptitude for music is essential to the musician.
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