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There's a throwaway line in one of the Discworld books (yeah, shocking that I don't remember which) where Vetinari is reading a piece of sheet music and the narration notes that he finds the idea of an orchestra performing a piece of music disgusting due to all the human-ness involved in plucking strings and blowing horns and things like that. This is also the point that I realise that almost every single blog entry I've put on this journal is about classical music. It's like my only actual fandom at this point.
Anyway, the point of this character trait is that Vetinari is a highly calculating person whose intelligence surpasses the need to have any outside contribution in order to process a piece of information such as a score. Vetinari has other 'Extreme Intelligence' traits like his hatred of mimes because they don't speak, his prowess in chess and chess-like games, and the fact that he has thirteen degrees or whatever. For the most part, they're all just narrative tools that describe the nature of his character.
But there are some Vetinari scenes and Vetinari traits that I can't accept. Tell me that it's because I have an idealised version of Vetinari in my head that I would dismiss canon evidence to the contrary. Go on. @ me.
In the case of Vetinari's disdain for performed music, however, I believe that this trait is presented in a misunderstanding of classical music on the author's part. First, allow me to explain the misunderstanding that I believe has occurred.
( 'To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.' - Ludwig van Beethoven )
Anyway, the point of this character trait is that Vetinari is a highly calculating person whose intelligence surpasses the need to have any outside contribution in order to process a piece of information such as a score. Vetinari has other 'Extreme Intelligence' traits like his hatred of mimes because they don't speak, his prowess in chess and chess-like games, and the fact that he has thirteen degrees or whatever. For the most part, they're all just narrative tools that describe the nature of his character.
But there are some Vetinari scenes and Vetinari traits that I can't accept. Tell me that it's because I have an idealised version of Vetinari in my head that I would dismiss canon evidence to the contrary. Go on. @ me.
In the case of Vetinari's disdain for performed music, however, I believe that this trait is presented in a misunderstanding of classical music on the author's part. First, allow me to explain the misunderstanding that I believe has occurred.
( 'To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.' - Ludwig van Beethoven )
