Re: The Parsimonious Composer
Two possible explanations you didn't mention:
1) He considers the musicians who are paid to perform his music no
different than the plumber who is paid to fix his faucets. Just as there
are some people who would never think to compliment the plumber on a job
well done - it's what he's paid for, after all - there may be others who
don't think it's necessary (or worse don't even think at all) to
compliment musicians who are just doing their job.
2) Perhaps the composer understands that compliments to musicians are
always considered suspect by those musicians (what we've been talking
about here). Indeed, perhaps he's been on the receiving end of so many
suspect compliments himself (particularly those from critics who
compliment him to his face, then trash him in print), that he has decided
it's better not to say anything at all than to say something that might be
mistrusted. Of course, "thank you" is not a phrase that would be likely
to be mistrusted...and it's rather a shame that he chose total silence
rather than as non-committal yet pleasant an expression.
Third possibility, of course, is that he's just a curmudgeon.
Karen
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