James Tobin
>.... The history of Twentieth Century music has shown that "everything is
>permitted," perhaps, but surely not that everything has been done. There
>will be renewal; we just don't know where and from whom it will come or
>what direction it will take.
Good stuff. But, I don't expect to see a second Beethoven around the
corner.
>My own expectation is that strikingly original creativity will continue
>to come from composers who will find things to say musically from within
>themselves and who are true to themselves in setting it down.
No problem here. Good music will continue to be written. It's just that
I can't see any further scope for motification to existing forms.
Bob Draper
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