Comments on: Why Compose? http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1825 an infinite number of curves Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mclaren http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1825&cpage=1#comment-84017 mclaren Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:32:22 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1825#comment-84017 Superb essay. Highlights and reaffirms the positive aspects of making music too often ignored in the various lamentations about the alleged death of contemporary music. We should also add the social aspect of composing as a reason to create new music. New compositions often represent a form of conversation in which one composer adds to or comments on the work of another. This process builds on itself in a socially organized way to generate a collective elaboration of a particular musical style or contemporary music trend. Superb essay. Highlights and reaffirms the positive aspects of making music too often ignored in the various lamentations about the alleged death of contemporary music.

We should also add the social aspect of composing as a reason to create new music. New compositions often represent a form of conversation in which one composer adds to or comments on the work of another. This process builds on itself in a socially organized way to generate a collective elaboration of a particular musical style or contemporary music trend.

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