Re: [microsound] "Academic" computer music?

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:21 PM +0100 3/7/03, Massimiliano Viel wrote:
I would call 'academic composer' a composer who is recognized in a tradition.

At 10:25 PM -0800 3/6/03, Bill Jarboe wrote:

>  The reason I mentioned those people is that they 'teach' techniques ,
>viewpoints , aesthetics  that have had an effect on my perception of what
>computer music is. I'm not thinking of academic as someone holding tenure or
>having a phD.

These are certainly reasonable interpretations of the word "academic" 
but it's a third, rather pejorative usage that I was reacting to. As 
one who passed through the hallowed halls and then chose to remain 
outside them, I've usually used that word (and I spell it "akademic") 
to refer to something didactic, doctrinaire, ossified rather than as 
a neutral reference to music history and education.

I've also worked with and socialized with some of these people. 
Pauline and Mort are decidedly anomalous within the university scene 
as a whole, though they tend to teach within institutions that run a 
bit contrary to the akademic.

Xenakis, who was a marvelous teacher, did so as a sort of renegade. 
His time at Indiana was a particularly good example of how he was 
viewed (and shamefully treated) by the musical establishment.

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