Beethoven's String Quartets

adidasss · 12-23-2020, 04:24 AM

That makes sense. But I wonder, is there a lot of room for interpretation? Can these pieces vary wildly (unless someone decided to do something experimental with them)?

I guess I should compare the various interpretations and see...

**Marie Monday** · 12-23-2020, 07:00 AM

Define a lot. Some musicians have a more experimental (or rather, interpretative) approach than others for sure, but I'd say conventionally the differences aren't great. I don't know enough about classical music to give a very detailed answer though

**Marie Monday** · 12-23-2020, 07:07 AM

Also actually, I think the analogy with spoken language applies here too: I think the differences between classical music performances are comparable to different actors playing the same role in a play, although plays leave a bit more room for variation maybe

OccultHawk · 12-23-2020, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Also actually, I think the analogy with spoken language applies here too: I think the differences between classical music performances are comparable to different actors playing the same role in a play, although plays leave a bit more room for variation maybe

It’s an apt analogy imo

A play might even leave less room for interpretation depending on factors like the personality of the theatre director and how much instruction the composer included with their scores and so on.

Plus, that ability to find that really perfect tone which is universally crucial throughout all genres of music from garage rock guitar hooks to free jazz saxophone to classical even to computer generated drone ... it’s completely make or break and there’s no faking it.

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