On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:38:51 +0100, "Wally" wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

Who cares about what the musicians want to impart?

Ever been to a concert?

Yup. What's your point? Where does it say that the only way to get an
emotional response from music is to somehow imbibe whatever it is that the
musician seeks to impart?


This is getting silly. If you really go to concerts with no interest
in emotional involvement with what the composer and musicians are
trying to say, then I'm sorry, but you may as well save your money.

Ever been a musician?


Yup. I played lead guitar in blues bands.


The root of the word is "Idios" which means the self. It means that
the view would be applicable that one person alone.

Which means 'applicable to one person alone'? Idios, or idiosyncratic?

Both - it is th "Idios" bit that carries that meaning.


WHy are you not getting this?

I know what it means - I'm asking you why you think it's unhelpful.

But you just said you didn't know what it means. Make your mind up.

d

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