<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Likewise, a performer's claim NOT to have been influenced by theory or theorists doesn't prove very much, one way or the other, either.<div><br></div><div>On this matter, I highly recommend Peter Westergaard's wonderful paper, given at the Theory exploratory session of the CMS national meeting in DC, 1976, and later published in their Symposium, "What Theorists Do"—something everybody in this crazy profession of ours ought to read and reread regularly.</div><div><br></div><div>Contents might be summarized as "We are all theorists" or perhaps "If you're a musician, or even just a listener, you're a theorist—whether you think you are or not". (Of course, summary is no substitute for reading the paper...which I think I'm going to do as soon as I can find my copy—it's been too long...)</div><div><br></div><div>CJS<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br><blockquote type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><br> CAUTIONARY COMMENT:<br> <br> Just because a performer claims to have been influenced by theory doesn't mean that they were significantly influenced by that theory or that their performances audibly reflect the theory !<br> <br> <br> Isaac Malitz, Ph.D.<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.OMSModel.com">www.OMSModel.com</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:imalitz@OMSModel.com">imalitz@OMSModel.com</a><br> 818-231-3965<br> <br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Charles J. Smith</div><div>Slee Chair of Music Theory & Chair of the Department</div><div>Department of Music, 220 Baird Hall</div><div>University at Buffalo</div><div>Buffalo, NY 14260</div><div>U.S.A.</div><div>716-645-0639 [direct line]</div><div>716-645-3824 [fax]</div><div><a href="mailto:cjsmith@buffalo.edu">cjsmith@buffalo.edu</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>