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- From: fields@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Matthew Fields)
- Subject: Re: academia, power, priveledge...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.173820.13481@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
- References: <0105009A.mb6m85@david.roth-music.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:38:20 GMT
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- In article <0105009A.mb6m85@david.roth-music.com> david@roth-music.com (David A. Roth) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec28.175609.27404@zip.eecs.umich.edu> (rec.music.compose), fields@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Matthew Fields) writes:
- >>
- >> 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
- >
- >...because all the teaching positions for music theory and EE were
- >filled.
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- Yeah, composition is a fountain of gold, and electrical engineering only
- gets a few pennies when the NSF isn't embroiled in controversies regarding
- censorship and pornography.
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- Earth to David Roth! Are you there?
-