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Date:
Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:37:02 -0700
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Re: New Music, Why Bother?
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Jon Gallant <[log in to unmask]>
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Scott Wilson proposes to explore

>... responses to the question New Music, Why Bother?

The question presupposes that the canon of non-new music, including
for example Beethoven's late quarters, already contains everything worth
bothering with.  In 1827, "new music" is precisely what Beethoven's late
quartets WERE.

Jon Gallant                and                    Dr. Phage

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