Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.classica
Titolo: violinisti

a man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the
violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for
about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was
calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on
their way to work.
 
Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was
musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds,
and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
 
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman
threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to
walk.
 
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him,
but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he
was late for work.
 
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother
tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the
violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to
walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by
several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced
them to move on.
 
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and
stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk
their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and
silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there
any recognition.
 
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most
talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most
intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.
 
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a
theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
 
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro
station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social
experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The
outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour:
Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize
the talent in an unexpected context?
 
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
 
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best
musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many
other things are we missing?

Mi riprometto di prestare più attenzione ai musicisti di strada, almeno 
quando dimostrano di essere bravi.
 
EF 
 
 

 their way to work.
 
E' successo più di due anni fa.
Stupisce il fatto che solo oggi, grazie a una catena di condivisioni
"giuste" su fb, la notizia venga a galla.
 

 "giuste" su fb, la notizia venga a galla.
 
 
saranno 5 anni fa lol
fb è una fogna di coglioni
 
lq
 

"giuste" su fb, la notizia venga a galla.
 
In questi lidi la notizia apparve all'epoca dei fatti! ;-))
 
 

 a man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play
 
Esperimento interessante. Ma un giornale americano, di recente, ha
mostrato (in una prova di dubbio valore scientifico) che ad alcuni non
meglio identificati violinisti un violino moderno risulta suonare meglio
di uno antico. Probabilmente la gente nella metro fuggiva schifata dal
suono dello Stradivari di Bell.
 
Qualche anno fa capitò anche a Sting, improvvisatosi cantante girovago -
credo nella metro di Londra. Non raccolse granché, ma credo si sia
divertito un mondo.
 
Ciao,
Paolo

 credo nella metro di Londra. Non raccolse granché, ma credo si sia
 
 
Questi 
http://themusicalbox.net/
 
al contrario
camuffandosi da originali sembra facciano più
pubblico e denaro del noto gruppo negli anni '70
 
lq

 divertito un mondo.
 
Ho un parente che fa il trader per una grossa banca internazionale a
Parigi. Mi dice che tempo fa un suo collega si licenziò dalla banca e,
procuratosi un caffetano ed un mazzo di tarocchi, adesso legge il futuro
ad un banchino fuori della porta da un grosso mercato. Dice che lavora
di meno, guadagna di più e conosce persone più interessanti.
 
-- 
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy        e-mail: 
ll...@dada.it
 
http://archivarius2.wordpress.com
 
http://www.angelfire.com/ar/archivarius
 

 di meno, guadagna di più e conosce persone più interessanti.
 
Perdonami, ma tu non puoi scrivere queste cose ad un'uomo in piena crisi
di mezza età.
 
Ciao,
Paolo

 di meno, guadagna di più e conosce persone più interessanti.
 
sulla prima e la terza non avrei dubbio alcuno, sulla seconda....non ci 
credo :-)
 
 

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LOL! Vuoi un banchetto?