tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post6185287198256724105..comments2024-02-07T05:15:23.169-05:00Comments on henningmusick: Prelude to Reflections on MatisseKarl Henninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801383101122527636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-61978558798017070022008-12-23T21:29:00.000-05:002008-12-23T21:29:00.000-05:00You are right; in my own experience, these are pi...You are right; in my own experience, these are pieces I've become initially acquainted with after a certain point.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is a certain framework which, with some musical 'track record', we 'acquire'.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Johan!<BR/><BR/>This <I>is</I> a prelude (of sorts) and I am mulling the sequel.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>~KarlKarl Henninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801383101122527636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688712006005012664.post-14867819957499630862008-12-23T18:32:00.000-05:002008-12-23T18:32:00.000-05:00Interesting observations, Karl, and very recogniza...Interesting observations, Karl, and very recognizable.<BR/><BR/>I know these musings form only a 'Prelude' (or is that only a poetic title?...), but allow me a few remarks - isn't the listener his or her own river, too? We change and this fact can make it impossible to repeat the ecstasy of a first hearing. Call it 'entropy': knowing a piece can lessen its energy and impact.<BR/><BR/>I said <I>can make it impossible</I>, because with some pieces this doesn't happen... They, for some reason, remain fresh and we respond to them as if we heard them for the first time, the 'only' difference being: our understanding deepens or widens with every hearing.<BR/><BR/>No river there, but an ever sharper view of the sea...J.Z. Herrenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386912897923397791noreply@blogger.com