Periodically we will post excerpts from “History, Theory, and Practice of Anatowind”. Following is the excerpt:
Anatowind then is prepared to state the following scientific principle as related to performance — “For any music score to receive a proper interpretation that is to reflect the aesthetic intentions of the composer, it is necessary, in the scientific sense, to rehearse and develop into live form this music in its scientifically involved conception. Otherwise the music would not reveal the true musical sound for a musical selection, the physiological acoustical properties of the instrument involved, thus giving credibility to the approach to the music. However, if the score is not reduced to proper rehearsal techniques, then the physiological association, is negated to roles where the music is not properly interpreted.
Therefore, to properly develop the ensemble approach to musical performance, using the physiology and the instrumental association properly, it is necessary for the first ensemble experience to use whole notes. This should be at a slower tempo at first to permit the students adequate time for muscular adjustments. Notes should be written within the comfortable range of each instrument, with different dynamic levels included. After the student has mastered this the scoring should proceed to half notes through the various association of particulars as cited above. From this point the score should proceed to quarter notes, eighth notes, and eventually to sixteenth notes. The compositional process of creating”busy work” in the score should come after proper intervalic meaning has been learned.
