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From: DFUSER.KRAVITZ@MIT-XX.ARPA (Duddy)
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Subject: Re: Music Kritics
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 10:48:45 EDT
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I think that your equating of quality with complexity (that's almost what
you do by your Beethoven--AC/DC comparison) you lose in several ways.
One is that imitation is not creation; Beethoven could not make AC/DC style
music because he didn't know how.  If Angus Young went to music school and
learned how to write (by heavily plagiarizing) a symphony, would this music
be high quality?

Would you also say that the music of Rockestra is of a higher quality than a
flute solo?  Just something to consider when you base your standard on
things like "understanding" and duplication.

David Kravitz
MIT LCS
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