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Chapter 9  関係詞

例題 9.2

作曲家にとって、作曲は生理現象にすぎない。（アーロン・コープランド）

One of the first things most people want to hear discussed in relation to composing is the question of inspiration. They find it difficult to believe that composers are not as preoccupied with that question as they have supposed. The layman always finds it hard to realize how natural it is for the composer to compose. He has a tendency to put himself into the position of the composer and to visualise the problems involved, including that of inspiration, from the perspective of the layman. He forgets that composing to a composer is like fulfilling a natural function. It is like eating or sleeping. It is something that the composer happens to have been born to do; and because of that, it loses the character of a special virtue in the composer's eyes.

出典：Aaron Copland: "What to Listen for in Music"

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