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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, November 6, 1955
Sunday. November 6 1955
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FOR THE SHEER LOVE OF MUSIC
The
Finishing
Touch
A string quartet cornppseriscusses
the particular drama and ir n iacy
of chamber music
By PROF. ROSS LEE FINNEY ments; it is a much more intimate
Composer in Residence expression and it demands real
participation from the listener.
CHAMBER music is a curious The symphony sweeps us along on
phenomenon in our day. It an irresistible stream of sound and
seems such an anachronism when even if we haven't really listened
one considers how commercialism to a note that was played we can
dominates the artistic scene. How hardly escape the feeling of drama
can the string quartet survive in in the experience. In this respect
a society that demands streamlin- the symphony is a little like a
ed entertainment? novel that may be read for the
But chamber music not only thrills of the plot alone, with all
survives; it thrives. It is one of the subtleties of character ignored.
the few areas where commercial Chamber music is like poetry de-
groups hold very little edge over manding attention to the subtle-
local groups. The Budapest String ties and the nuances.
Quartet is rightly admired but at- Time is somehow different in a
tempts to give it a glamour rating string quartet. It permits more
are not very successful. People leisure. The human experience of
say "of course their performance time becomes more important than
was perfect, but--" and it is the the everlasting tick-tock of the
"but" that counts. Somehow the clock. One can be lost within the
intimacy and the devotion of the experience of time and not driven
local group means more to people., by it. The experience is exciting
and in an environment like ours and meaningful but not theatri-
where we can have both polish and cal.
individuality we feel very fortun-
ate and loyal. LOVE to look at the young
A string quartet is not just a people who come to the con-
symphony written for four instruc See CHAMBER, Page 17
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(Continued from Page 11) has unfortunately not been tapped
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"In those days," she said, "re- j'ADAM Rajam first came to the
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she has always found her greatest said, "I'm just incompetent. I
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