In Reply to: RE: Improv scares me posted by rbolaw on March 16, 2017 at 10:16:58:
" The comment about Debussy seems odd, as Debussy was supposedly a fanatic about players following his score as closely as possible".
I think that the comment may have meant up to (but not including) Debussy.
Some of the evidence for historic practices is fascinating. I remember reading a novel ( probably E.F Benson or Dorothy L. Sayers) a couple of years ago. One of the characters enquires of another " Have you adopted that new fashion for not applauding after movements?". The Benson novel was written, set in and published during the 1920s and the Sayers the 1930s. So this implies that this restraint in audience reaction may be as recent an occurence as after the first World War. In many cases I personally find the practice very artificial.
However all this is stepping into the waters of HIP so best keep schtum :-)
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Follow Ups
- RE: Improv scares me - PAR 10:53:58 03/16/17 (10)
- Applause - Newey 20:08:15 03/16/17 (8)
- Mingus used to admonish the audience not to applaud until the end of the piece. - Rick W 16:53:03 03/17/17 (1)
- Jazz Applause - Newey 19:18:26 03/17/17 (0)
- Jumping up and screaming Bravissimo after the 4th movt of Tchaikovsky's 6th may follow protocol but to me such - jdaniel@jps.net 14:03:47 03/17/17 (0)
- You blame the millenials, but there's also enough blame to go around to the geezers too - Chris from Lafayette 12:54:31 03/17/17 (4)
- Indeed - And ---- Indeed??? Mitropoulos - Newey 23:28:08 03/17/17 (1)
- RE: Indeed - And ---- Indeed??? Mitropoulos - rbolaw 06:19:15 03/18/17 (0)
- Really Old But Experienced Listeners - Newey 19:31:37 03/17/17 (0)
- Yes, way too much glorification of the past - jdaniel@jps.net 19:15:59 03/17/17 (0)
- OK, that makes more sense. - rbolaw 11:31:07 03/16/17 (0)