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- From: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.compose
- Subject: Re: academia, power, priveledge...
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 06:03:53 EST
- Organization: DAVID A. ROTH MUSIC
- Message-ID: <0105009A.mb6m85@david.roth-music.com>
- Reply-To: david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth)
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- In article <1992Dec28.175609.27404@zip.eecs.umich.edu> (rec.music.compose), fields@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Matthew Fields) writes:
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- > In article <9DyHwB2w165w@dorsai.com> idealord@dorsai.com (Jeff Harrington) writes:
- > >david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth) writes:
- > >> I don't think anybody should be teaching composition period because
- > >> it can't be taught to begin with, imho.
- >
- > >This is an argument you hear often which has absolutely no evidence to
- > >support it. All of the great composers of the past presented their music
- > >to other composers for analysis/comment.
- >
- > And to reopen a flamefest from months ago, outside of Mr. Roth, the only other
- > individuals I've ever heard say that composition can't be taught were all
- > tenured professors of composition who were trying to weasle out of teaching
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- ...because all the teaching positions for music theory and EE were
- filled.
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- David
- david@roth-music.com
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