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A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a l10-XU02  
work, but no one can hear it until it is performed. Professional singers and players have great OROqT~6G  
responsibilities, for the composer is utterly dependent on them. A student of music needs as long and X>/K/M  
as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor. Most {8ECNQ[]  
training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an Ej|A ; &E  
athlete or a ballet dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be a4u^f5)@  
inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left AP ;
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hand up and down, while drawing the bow to and fro with the right arm—two entirely different kJeu40o N  
movements. 6!RikEAh  
Singers and instruments have to be able to get every note perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this irmwc'n]  
particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s x3;jWg~'  
responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties; the hammers that `5<1EGJsD  
hit the string have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound sU*3\  
clear. ;/aB)JZ5=  
This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to 5U;nhDmM  
know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these .xnQd^qoac  
sound with fanatical but selfless authority. ?.j,Bq5At  
Technique is of no use unless it is combined with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists TnxU/)  
are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing &%}6q]e  
works written in any century. 1!f2*m