The Aesthetics and Ethics of Restructuring Classical Music: The implications to making changes to classical music masterworks.
Given that there are implications to making changes to classical music masterworks in Extreme Scoring, there are also aesthetic, ethical, and ontological issues discussed in The Aesthetics and Ethics of Restructuring Classical Music. Some argue against changing something that is already perfect and the composer’s intention. Others aver that the sharing of the classical music Canon in any form is justifiable if it emotionally moves people. Who is right? Only time and the marketplace will tell.