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if it's a natural human urge (which it is) then it will occur regardless of whether it's needed or not. the point of the analogy was only to emphasize the fact that progress is no more a necessary condition in art than it is in government.

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what it means to be human is constantly getting redefined by culture, history, technology, etc. even the highest high-water marks in music history cannot survive this intact.

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not /classical/, try instead

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brahms, rachmaninoff, wagner, brahms, rachmaninoff, wagner, brahms, rachmaninoff, wagner, fucking hell. branch out, you twats

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forget mahler, lol

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How do composers know what all the instruments can play? Like how are you supposed to anticipate a good double-stop opportunity on viola?

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it’s called the study of orchestration

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so they just go around memorizing all this stuff like pi to 1000 digits?

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