Tuesday, May 16, 2006

dilettante

dilettante \DIL-uh-tahnt\ noun :

  • an admirer or lover of the arts
  • a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge

Further description seemed interesting -

If someone calls you a dilettante, they're probably not too impressed with your devotion to your art. But "dilettante" didn't always have the disparaging tone that it has today. "Dilettante" is an Italian word, derived from "dilettare," meaning "to delight." In the 18th century, a dilettante was simply a person who delighted in the arts. Later, the term came to refer to someone who cultivates an art as a pastime without pursuing it professionally — that is, an amateur. From this meaning developed the somewhat negative meaning that the word carries today, indicating a person who dabbles in an art or subject but is not truly devoted to it.

I got a feeling that it's a good word to use my love for music these days. I am enjoying Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh too now a days but still I am dilettante of MUSIC.

2 comments:

unforgiven said...

Jagjit Singh? Now that's dillitante :P
Now Ghulam Ali, that's a true ghazal singer ;)

Digvijay said...

unforgiven !!

I don't agree fully. If you exclude last 10 Yrs., Jagjit SINGH had given some amazing ghazal albums. Even Mehandi Hassan is a fan of Jagjit SINGH's ghazals (Can't quote a hyperlink here:-().