--On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 12:42 PM +0000 "Michael Jorgensen" <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu> wrote: > no composers today born of ET > who rival or even come close to the old masters? I really dislike broad statements like that that are by definition purely subjective - for one thing, are you sure that you've heard all the music being written out there by composers right now who may be getting very little exposure at the present, because of the general hostility or at least skepticism towards new and difficult music? And for another, often it takes a generation or two for new music to be given the sort of hearing it may deserve, and also for people to be able to put it in the kind of context that would enable it to be appraised more reasonably. I've heard plenty of modern music that seems completely brilliant and beautiful. I won't get into a name game, but to say that no modern composers rank with "the old masters" seems like a sort of musty and conservative antiquarianism. Respectfully, Allen Wright Oberlin Conservatory
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