[PD] Musical notation object on Pd

[João Pais]

>> Absolutely, he can't (and that can be a good thing). How do
>> you know how a
>> staccato in a Beethoven piano sonata really sounds?
>
> Do you mean "how a staccato in a Beethoven sonata
> sounded to an audience member listening to the composer himself play
> it"?  Because I don't at all understand what it means to say
> what a notated piece of music "really" sounds like.

the original question had to do with how a composer expresses his wishes  
as well as possible so other performers interpret it correctly. What a  
pieces "really" sounds like is another question, most likely much more  
complicated, I guess.