Why computer-generated music will never touch our souls

Musicians express the communication between humans, something Emily Howell will never be able to understandImagine a Prom concert of the future. The audience in the Royal Albert Hall open their programmes to see the authors of the evening's music listed: between Richard Wagner and Olivier Messiaen lies a piece by Emily Howell. They might guess (correctly) that this is a young composer but, were they to call for a bow, the creator of the piece would need to be carried on to the stage. The bracket...

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