William Copper <[log in to unmask]>: >Not too long ago I received a large packet of music >by an unnamed publisher, full of the most pallid and uninteresting music I >could imagine, but -- here the paradox -- it seemed written by composers >with talent and imagination, who could have done so much better if they >knew that better could be wanted. I've noticed that too. Writing music for a particular ensamble of musicians of which one knows their technical limits is challenging mainly because one must work with some precise self restrictions. It's not the same when one writes a work addressed "generically" to not-so-good ensambles. I guess that this second case would act subtly as a depressing factor for the composer. I mean, it's not the same to write a piano concerto for a pianist who has only one hand than writing a piano concerto that every bad pianist may easily play. Pablo Massa [log in to unmask]