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To: PalestrinaGal0317

The story of VeVickers is told in the initiation rite that a college band fraternity uses (from back when there were college bands).

VeVickers was a world-renowned organist who retired from the public eye in order to compose the greatest organ piece ever written. After years of isolation, contemplation and composition, he finally was ready to perform his masterpiece.

The big day arrived, the concert began, rhythmic, pulsing harmonic strains of organ music filled the cathedral, and at the end, VeVickers was rewarded with polite applause.

The problem was that his composition addressed only his own needs and did not acknowledge his audience.

The lesson of VeVickers is that no matter how masterful a musician may be, he must remember that his calling is to entertain, not to instruct.


179 posted on 01/07/2006 5:55:41 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: HIDEK6
no matter how masterful a musician may be, he must remember that his calling is to entertain, not to instruct.

Argumentum ad regimentam. Everyone has a mechanical function in commercial culture.

187 posted on 01/07/2006 1:19:11 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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