{"id":502,"date":"2009-01-07T17:50:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T09:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=502"},"modified":"2009-01-07T17:50:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T09:50:29","slug":"if-a-great-musician-plays-great-music-but-no-one-hears-was-he-really-any-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"If a great musician plays great music but no one hears, was he really any good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/04\/AR2007040401721.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> that can make you cry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pearls Before Breakfast<\/strong><br \/>\nCan one of the nation&#8217;s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Gene Weingarten<br \/>\nWashington Post Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\nSunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Joshua Bell plays at the Washington Metro during morning rush hour. He plays the best classical solo violin pieces ever written, with his awesome instrument to an awesome acoustic &#8211; did he have an audience? Hardly. The article goes through numerous interviews, and even consulted many for plausible explanations, leaving us with even more questions.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/04\/AR2007040401721.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Optional background music while reading the article (Bach &#8216;s Chaconne for Solo Violin, performed here by Itzhak Perlman):<\/p>\n<p>Part 1<br \/>\n[kml_flashembed movie=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5bVRTtcWmXI&#8221; height=&#8221;355&#8243; width=&#8221;425&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n<p>Part 2<br \/>\n[kml_flashembed movie=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2lPZWJu1QPI&#8221; height=&#8221;355&#8243; width=&#8221;425&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n<p>Well done w-post for such an initiative &#8211; and kudos to Joshua for making it happen. Now if someone can just release the entire hidden camera recording on YouTube&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an article that can make you cry. Pearls Before Breakfast Can one of the nation&#8217;s great musicians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","content-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.jiinjoo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}