Bernard Gregoire wrote:

>Countless classic motion pictures are a result of successful
>collaboration.  No one person could have created "Gone With The
>Wind," for example.

Poor motion pictures are the result of poor collaboration, among other
factors.  I don't think that the "motion picture" or "opera" examples are
relevant, because these types of projects REQUIRE collaboration due to the
multiplicity of functions.

>It may be that music is impossible is impossible to write by committee but
>many other artistic endeavors and defiantly scientific and technological
>efforts can benefit from inspired
>collaboration.

Music can and has been written through collaboration/committee.  The basic
point I'm trying to make is that when a particular "creative effort" is
viable through either "solo" or "group" means, the superior approach is
to "do it alone." I believe that history supports that view.

Don Satz
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