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I think in order for these experiments to be valid--or effective--you have to be

using

recordings of performances with adequate harmonic and rhythmic accent, phrasing,

and

nuance. (This is the influence of my years of Dalcroze Eurhythmics training

talking. See

previous post.) I just don't think the bland, vanilla, ho-hum shlock that passes

for much of

classical music performance today is adequate to be able to produce the

affects/effects

you seek. Why else are so many people bored or turned off by classical music?!

Certainly

it's foreignness has a bit to do with it--classical music is no longer our

vernacular. But

most of the drooping eyelids are a result of uninspired, uneducated, and

under-rehearsed

performances, IMO.

 

--Sarah Rivkin

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