Originally posted by shavixmir
Say Beethoven didn't like his 5th and killed himself because of it.
And you play that piece of music to a group of Spice Girl fans.
The 5th will still be good in comparison to what the Spice Girl fans would consider good.
So yes. Good music is not in the eye of the beholder. And in Beethoven's case it wasn't even in the ear of the beholder either ...[text shortened]... today to pull it off.
Perhaps someone else can take my post and make it better. Thanks.
there is no scientific way to assess music quality, except in terms of tuning/ time/ harmony etc. lyrics are totally subjective. technically, there is only public opinion which of course is divided, so mozart and the birdie song are equal as compositions. you can program a computer to compose and produce music, and you can program the style too.
