Susan McClary
Susan McClary is a renowned musicologist and critic that has written about music in the context of gender, tradition, and culture, and is a talented pianist and harpsichordist.
What Are Her Thoughts on Recording Music?The invention of recording music allows accessibility to experience music much easier than before. In the past, people almost never experienced music besides the very rare concert, and now, people can listen to music whenever they want to, and to the works of people that died centuries ago.
However, recording creates some unexpected problems for people such as musicians. Splicing recordings and multiple sound channels together creates unattainable goals for performers, and discourages people from taking risks. Recordings are perfect, perfection is what people strive for at the expense of interpretation with recordings. Learn More |