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From: maverick@oak.berkeley.edu (Vance Maverick)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: What makes a piece of electro acoustic music a masterpiece?
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Date: 4 Feb 90 22:36:12 GMT
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In article <647@xdos.UUCP>, doug@xdos.UUCP (Doug Merritt) writes:
> 
> But I don't agree that such things [what makes music good] are
unknowable, merely
> that they are complex and currently not very well known. It would
probably help if
> we understood the nature of the mind and emotion better, for instance.

OK, suppose we understand emotion and the mind well enough to say why
Beethoven's Fifth is a masterpiece.  What does it mean that I dislike
it?  Am I sick?