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Bob Kasenchak <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 17 May 1999 09:38:21 -0700
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Bernard Gregoire:

>>Countless classic motion pictures are a result of successful
>>collaboration.  ...  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.

Don:

>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.

What is the famous collaborative piece by Les Six? Is it "Les Maries de
Tower Eiffel?" Is anyone familliar with this piece? I believe each of them
wrote 1 movement? Is this useful to this collaboration discussion? Can one
have a paragraph made entirely of questions?

Bob K.

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