Are we deaf to beauty?

In my opinion, it's a staged news story... I have stopped several times in various stations to play Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and within minutes I was already surrounded by passersby. However, I appreciate the hidden meaning between the words, namely the usual story that nowadays most people listen to sh*t and less and less Music is appreciated and "helped," but I won't dwell on it, otherwise I might come across as boring and cliché.

Unfortunately the news is true, Joshua Bell is the name of the violinist who played for 43 minutes in a Washington subway station. The performance was recorded by some reporters from the Washington Post. http://www.repubblica.it/2007/04/sezioni/persone/bell-metro/bell-metro/bell-metro.html

Better if I don't voice my opinion, otherwise they'll tell me I'm making the usual speeches...

A few days ago I was on the subway and there was a violinist performing Aria on the fourth string (for years I haven't given a single cent to those who play or attempt to play in the subway, because they have always "proposed" the same piece for years and I'm a bit fed up with them), the problem is that some (like the one I'm talking about) start to improvise without any taste and ruin everything, they use tons of reverb and don't even keep time, they introduce unplayable parts as if they were going at random, so either you play the piece well, or it's better not to play in public.

Instead, a few years ago I saw another violinist on Via del Corso (a street that, due to the pretentiousness of certain people, I prefer to avoid, perhaps by passing through alleys more isolated from the center), he always played Bach, but in a quite heartfelt and convincing way, so if I could have, I would even have given him 50 euros to make him play another piece.

I am not convinced that it is a reliable test, but someone who has to rush home to cook for their children after a hard day's work (perhaps as a sanitation worker in the middle of a street), what do you expect them to be interested in stopping, even for a minute, to listen to music. Yes, it seems to me that this is the point, listening to music... whether it's God Almighty or a poor soul playing, what do you expect to change?

I choose when to listen to music; it's not as if someone is going to start playing in the middle of the street and I have a duty to stop.

Better things can happen on the street

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JamSession wrote:

Better things can happen on the street

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The problem is that before anything else, one must be capable

AbateFaria wrote:

I am not convinced that it is a reliable test, but for someone who has to rush home to cook for their children after a hard day's work (perhaps as a sanitation worker in the middle of the street), what do you expect them to care about stopping, even for a minute, to listen to music. Yes, it seems to me that this is the point: listening to music... whether it's God Almighty or some poor soul playing, what do you expect to change?

I choose when to listen to music; it's not as if someone is going to start playing in the middle of the street now and I have a duty to stop.

This is a point of view that I hadn't considered, but it is actually true. After leaving work, you take the metro and can't wait to get home. Indeed, listening to music is also a choice. However, it must also be considered that in Rome there are a myriad of tourists who, as tourists, do not leave work and could dedicate some of their time to music.

Beautiful! The violinist was also very good... I would have done them at night

I seek the qualities that do not make

In this human race

That worships clocks

And knows no time.

I didn't remember this song... Great Giovanni Lindo!