![]() ![]() Musicality is a journey - you do what you must. It is devalued in favor of musicianship, which demands abstraction, execution, and precision. Musicality demands an intimacy with the tonal, the rhythmic, the expressive. “some play notes while others make music.” You can be note perfect and deadly boring, or as the greatĬonductor Sergiu Celibidache once remarked in referring to orchestral playing, History is full of note perfect singers who have put anĪudience to sleep. Heartfelt rendition of a singer who has spent many hours training his ear by ![]() Musically correct, but rather mechanical and less spontaneous than the more It can result in the singer giving a perfunctory performance. The disadvantage of learning a role by sight-reading is that Read is that it usually enables the singer to learn a part faster. In fact the main advantage in being able to sight. We would never have heard of the likes of Caruso, Pinza, Warren, Freni, DiĪ great deal is made of the ability to sight- read, mainlyīy instrumentalists who are inclined to think that this is the most importantįunction of musicianship. Singers had to be able to sight read in order to have a successful career Inherent, instinctive musicality I have ever seen.”īut how many people really understand this? Very few I wouldĪs I’ve said on at least one previous occasion, if all Great natural gifts and I’m pretty sure was not overly concerned about Lanzaīeing unable to read music when he stated, “I think he has the greatest Herman Adler, who worked with Lanza on more than one occasion, recognised his Unschooled singers rely almost entirely on both coaches and conductors in order London hit the nail squarely on the head, because all musically Preparation of ‘The Great Caruso’ film, his work was very respectable”. But if he was well and carefully coached, as for the He had a wonderful natural sense of phrasing though with occasional Unschooled musically, could not read music and was thus always insecure in thisĪrea. Nothing new in this, really, but like Boris Goldovsky before him, Jones overlooks the man’s musicality.Īs George London correctly stated, “He was Since Lanza was musically unschooled, JonesĪbout the fact that Lanza couldn’t read music. The early 40s, about Lanza’s incredible voice, and then goes on to say that Manos talks about Jones’ time at Tanglewood in The reason I bring this up now is because I’ve just read theĬomments made by choral master Ifor Jones, and included in a book titled ‘The President’s Lovers but not necessarily conversant in musical matters. When I say people, I mean those who are music ![]() I often wonder how many people understand the differenceīetween musicality and musicianship. ![]()
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