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Re: of competiton and anxiety....

Date1998-02-13 10:22
FromRichard Dobson
SubjectRe: of competiton and anxiety....
(deep breath..)  well, I suppose we could have a Csound festival for the
Millenium, and everyone who turns up gets a prize. :-)

Richard Dobson

bruce quaglia wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 SteinersT1@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >  About competitions: great idea but call it compilation, real art shouldn't
> >  compete! It would like the billboard charts mainstream thing and cut away
> >  freedom...
> >
>
>         hmmmm, according to one well traveled literary theory, (applied
>         equally to other arts), not only is your art (music) competing
>         against all of the other music of the day, but it must more
>         importantly compete for recognition against the cannon of
>         acknowledged masterpieces...so hike up your shorts and roll
>         up your sleeves, you're not only in the ring with me, but with
>         Brahms, Coltrane and Hendrix....(you try to figure out why
>         it's called an "anxiety theory"...)
>
>         Bruce Quaglia