The Art of Listening

Robert Snarrenberg

doi:10.1093/oso/9780195122374.003.0013

The Art of Listening

Robert Snarrenberg

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I asked a highly gifted composer on one occasion about the gist of the opening bars of the Prelude in F#, from the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier:In bar 1 he read scale degree I, in bar 2 he read IV on account of the 7-6 on the downbeat, and in bar 3 he read V. I objected to this reading, whereupon he sought to hear I in bars 1-2 and V in bar 3, and finally even attempted to hear I in all three bars. But I also rejected these two interpretations as well, and, in order to make matters brief, I remarked: Are you surprised if I read the passage as follows? The other man’s eyes opened wide.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Der Tonwille
Subtitle of host publication	Pamphlets in Witness of the Immutable Laws of Music, Offered to a New Generation of Youth by
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	118-120
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780197727782
ISBN (Print)	9780195122374
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195122374.003.0013
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

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Occasion
Read

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