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Editorial Musings with Basil Ramsey

Do we understand 'normality'?

Yet another year speeds to its close, and Easter will then be the day after tomorrow. The illusion of time moving faster than ever is clearly linked to acceptance of the pressures which we increasingly endure in a world obsessed with speed and output. Heaven knows why we accept them as 'normal'. Normality is something we often invent in the conviction that it is obligatory. Rubbish.

Our daily magazine for music lovers is a modest attempt to publish something perceptive about aspects of Music that you may have given less thought to than expected. No pressure is applied to comply: you click the page onwards without further thought, or go elsewhere. At least this facility remains ready day and night, a 'service' that we may take for granted in the wake of this revolution in continuous accessibility that children are born to. They do not regard it as exceptional as we slightly-bemused adults born into a pre-computer age when thinking had marginally more relevance than now.

In its modest way, this daily contribution to musical understanding has now proved itself to the world of music in about 100 countries, and this astonishes us as it may astonish you. Those people anxious to decry the value of the computer in general enlightenment ought to consider such small miracles as entirely beneficial to the world at large.

You are ever welcome to suggest aspects of the vastness of Music awaiting attention for the average reader. The greater the mix of subjects the better our service to the community.

Copyright © 25 December 2004 Basil Ramsey, Yorkshire UK

WRITE TO THE EDITOR

The Editor and staff of Music & Vision would like to thank all those who have helped us to publish the magazine during 2004. Some of these people and organisations are listed below:

Jo Ashwell      Land's End Chamber Ensemble      HNH International Ltd      Dan Locklair      Arne Winkler      Roger Mastroianni      Ana Papakhian      Rika Lino      Alexandra Vosding      Erin Christman      Wilfried Hösl      Stephanie Cowell      Malcolm Miller      Barry Maufe      Deutsche Grammophon      CPO      Garden Opera      Janet Hales      Piers Adams      George Vass      Peter Wass      Belinda Sykes      Brana Records      Kristen Theriault      English Chamber Orchestra      Circles International      Greg Barns      Bayerische Staatsoper      Fabrizio Ferrari      Emily Darrow      Sue Reiss      David Wilkins      Borjan Canev      Dvora Lewis      Marianna Rashkovetsky      Tamami Honma      Angelika Roessler      Laszlo Bodor      Rob Ramsey      Linda Litwack      Kaysh Shinn      People Image      Steve Zorc      G Thum      Sven Helbig      Richard Black      Chika Takeuchi      Mimi Sterne-Wolfe      Gary Hickling      Ashley Wass      Brian Bumby      Lynsey Docherty      Primrose Metcalf      Jill Kramer      Rastrelli Cello Quartet      EMI Records Ltd      Claves Records      Eugenia Ames      Orion Computer Consultants Ltd      Sotone Historic Recordings      New Edinburgh Orchestra      Real Sound srl      Nicki Marsh      

Micaela Pittaluga      Stuttgart Marketing GmbH      Lindsay Lozon      Klaus Rudolph      Jane Cunning      Kim Stanford      Virgin Classics      London Concertante      Richard Partridge      Shirley Ratcliffe      I Fagiolini      Adrian Williams      Mikael Winroth      Burning River Brass      Paul Minotto      Chris Grist      Louise Ringrose      Jeanne O'Keefe      Lawrence Budmen      Gordon Rumson      Reinhardt Werner      Wolfgang Schnabl      Annette Wittkopf      Alan Hedges      Jason Starr      Gerard Schurmann      Andrew Benson-Wilson      Peter Howell      Graham Williams      Kate Manning      Shirley Bramich      Jim Robson      Ostkreuz      James Galway      Andrew Eccles      Peter Dickinson      Europamusicale      Jeffrey James      Graz Tourismus      Longborough Festival Opera      Adrien Cotta      Caroline von Reitzenstein      Opera Holland Park      M N Robert      TDK Mediactive      Holloways Conservatory Furniture      Ron Bierman      ASV Ltd      Libra Records Ltd      Haenssler Classics      Violetta Egorova      British Youth Opera      Mitch Jenkins      Carolyn Nott      Jeff Loughlin      David Stock      Cecilia McDowall      J Henry Fair      John Bell Young      David Hughes      Eric Mahoudeau      DGB Records      Chris Christodoulou      

Zimbel Press     Ken Butcher      Carson Cooman      Schott Archieve      Adriana Soaita      TDK Marketing Europe GmbH      London Sinfonietta      Aulos Musikado      Ralph Kulling      BEL AIR Media      Rebecca Davis      Arte Nova Musikproduktions GmbH      Cristofori Foundation      Alexander Hawley      Nick Prag      Clive Barda      Helen Sims      Apapaziz Productions      Rai Trade      William Copper      Axel Zeininger      Sue Johnson      Buxton Festival      Chesky Records Inc      Stella Dickinson      Risto Lauriala      University of Illinois Press      Ivor Bramich      Danielle Woerner      Sara Henry      Jennifer Paull      Verlag Neue Musik      Green Room Productions      M L Hart      Charlotte Ooi      Meikui Matsushima      BMG Ariola Classics GmbH      T V Sairam      Helen Gill      Nikky Johnston      Bill Cooper      Lutz Sternstein      Gernsbeck      Welsh National Opera      Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra      Sasha Gusov      Metier Sound & Vision Ltd      Robert Anderson      Jo Carpenter      Daniel Burges      Cala Records Ltd      Lucille Phillips      Danjulo Ishizaka      Denis ApIvor      Blue Pearl Records      John Rusnak      Chandos Records      Warner Classics      Robert Hugill      HLM Classics      ORF      American Composers Forum      Mark Bramich      

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Naxos Rights International Ltd      Colin Bramich      Stephen Wright      Viorel Anton      Royal College of Music      Mike Edwards      Dimo Dimov      Peter Jaggard      Alistair Hinton      Geraldine Buchanan      Lucy Penwarden      Westdeutcher Rundfunk      OgreOgress Productions      Jayang Jung      Canadian Broadcasting Corporation      Dutton Laboratories      Peter Cooper      Harry Schiffer      Rebecca Schiffman      Laurence Lewis      Holger Badekow      Yolanda Zumaeta      Catherine Ashmore      Mutable Music      Eroica Classical Recordings      Jenny Crossland      The late Rev David Thompson      Alfred Frass      David Jones      Kelly Ferjutz      Sherlock Fortuin      Nathan J Silverman      Albany Records      Bayer Records      Oliver Oppitz      David Lipp      Rhea Kang      Catriona Chatterley      Bob Schneider      Steve Sherman      Royal Opera Covent Garden      Katja Brooijmans      Abendzeitung München      Emma Dain      Bill Newman      Larry A Russell      Neil Zaslaw      Katarina Soderberg      Matthew O'Sullivan      Monica McCabe      Christina O'hart      Bettina Pauli      Martin Berkofsky      David Stars      Martin Torp      Lady Barbirolli      Wiener Staatsoper GmbH      J Scheerder      English Touring Opera      A T Schaefer      Jorge Colón      Rudolf Budja      Tanglewood Festival      

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Finally we would like to wish all our readers the compliments of the season, and invite you to continue visit the magazine each day for something new and hopefully inspiring, each day during the holiday season and beyond.

You shall know the truth and 
the truth will set you free 
based on the Infinite.

Without the infinite we would
not be here to receive any of 
the gifts with which we are all
blessed. Until we are willing to 
open ourselves to the Spirit,
none of these gifts can flow.

In faith this is the simplest of 
things to do, but we have to
learn to sit quietly and let the
spirit channel through us.

I'm sure musicians and people 
who work with the arts realise
that the spirit is the guiding
force in all they do. When you
feel the Spirit this enables you
to seek and find the truth that
makes you free.

Signed,
a friend

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