Robert Peters:

>I answer seriously:  most artists have never had the courage to stretch
>the limits of their art.  Some have.  But even these are restricted by
>the times they live in.  I think the idea of a Beethoven living in our time
>is a thrilling one.  Would he make use of the new musical means (electronic
>instruments, sampling, dissonant harmonies, etc.)? I bet he would.

You mix ethics with aesthetics, and that doesn't work always.  "Sretching"
the limits of an art is not a matter of "courage", but of necessity, just
like sexual passion.  According to your romantic myth, John Cage would be
a sort of guru-martyr-hero-prophete, and I think that he was just a funny
guy.

Pablo Massa
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