“But when things come together in the right way, whether it is other playing or, on rare but doubly fortunate occasions, myself that is playing, I know the source of those feelings of elation and joy that can produce tears; it is the knowledge that this is how the world really is when all the dross is stripped away, and this is how I relate to it. The emotion that is aroused, in fact, is not the reason for taking part in the performance, but the sign that the performance is doing its job, the sign that for the duration of the performance the lived-in order has merged with the dreamed-of order.”
Small, Christopher (1999) ‘Musicking – the meanings of performing and listening. A lecture’, Music Education Research, 1:1,9-22
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