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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 28, 2011 21:18:48 GMT
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Post by liberaljoe on Jan 29, 2011 11:52:28 GMT
The orchestra would be a bit big though, wouldn't it? |
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Post by Ned Long on Jan 29, 2011 13:07:30 GMT
Hmmm!. Everyone in an orchestra is an expert in his own chosen field, and follows the score scrupulously ( for "score" one could read the law of the land, perhaps?) There are no passengers. In fact, passengers would never be admitted into the orchestra in the first place, (elitism?) and would be weeded out by practical testing at auditions ( a form of educational selection?) The members practice regularly, and rehearse endlessly to achieve perfection in their chosen instrument (the work ethic perhaps?) And, of course, they all follow the conductor without question. There is no dissent. You play the music as written by the composer, and you interpret the music according to the dictat of the conductor.
You MIGHT build a better world that way; if you like Stepford wives...and husbands.
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sandywinder
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Post by sandywinder on Jan 31, 2011 17:44:34 GMT
The orchestra would be a bit big though, wouldn't it? And those vuvuzelas would be a bit strident. Ned does make some awfully good points. There's no freedom in an orchestra to play what you want or how you want. No wonder this was in the Guardian. How Stalin would have loved it. |
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