Thanks Karl,
I totally agree - Music that is performed in concert for a contemplative
audience is at being treated within that social construct as art music,
and we (as players and listeners) should acknowledge that. Now if one
defines art music as music that possesses a level of complexity and
multidimensionality such that one can spend years of one's life
developing a rich mental and spiritual relationship to even an
individual piece, then certainly sankyoku and honkyoku meet that
criteria. So I guess that means that this music that we love so much is
both art music and traditional music . . . just like Beethoven, Bach,
Josquin and all the others.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Signell [mailto:signell@cpcug.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:31 AM
To: nyokai@nyokai.com; Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: [Shaku] Everything you wanted to know about re-meri
At 10:04 AM 1/5/2005, Phil James wrote:
>The wonderful thing about traditional music as opposed to art music is
>that it evolves and branches as a living organism, and that you can
follow
>a DESCRIPTIVE (actual practice) grammar rather than a PRESCRIPTIVE
>(theoretical) grammar.
Is shakuhachi music traditional or art? In our era, shakuhachi is
performed on concert stages in front of large audiences, is notated,
theorized about, has a written history, and is taught in conservatories
such as Geidai, where Japanese music theory is also taught. These
characteristics define art music.
Living or dead? In Western art music conservatories such as Juilliard,
a
flute student's most important class by far is private lessons with a
master musician, in a relationship much like that of the shakuhachi
student/teacher one. I don't see how art music is less a living
organism
than shakuhachi music.
Karl
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