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Pablo Massa wrote in response to me (hey, we two guys seem to have too
much time):
>Robert Peters:
>>Yes, but the point is that Beethoven was restricted by the aesthetics of
>>his day. It would be very interesting to know (alas, it is impossible)
>>how he would compose today given all the artistic freedom contemporary
>>composers have.
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>when poor little artists were kept in a cage by an infamous giant
>named (fill the blank). He dictated them the laws of aesthetics, and
>if anyone of them dared to defy his canon, the giant ate him without any
>consideration. When the giant was young he was a real tyran, but he became
>much more kind as years passed by. So, the more you go back in time, the
>less creative freedom allowed to poor little artists. As all we knows,
>that explains many things in art history.
Hey, welcome in the Land of Polemic Posts. - 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.
Robert Peters
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