AI music criticized as bad Beethoven? Critics said the same about Beethoven himself

Dean Ball noted that criticism of AI music imitating Beethoven poorly mirrors an 1800 Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung review that blasted Beethoven's own Op.12 sonatas as learned but unnatural, which he translated using Claude.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 2 related posts

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