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Comment author: DoubleReed 13 November 2011 04:01:23AM 0 points [-]

Were those tons of composers like Greenberg doing that sort of work at age 14?

That's not necessarily fair. As I was taught, "nobody composes in a vacuum." Art and Science constantly evolve so you need to learn what came before, which means it will take longer and longer for prodigies to flourish.

Comment author: wedrifid 13 November 2011 07:28:08AM *  0 points [-]

As I was taught, "nobody composes in a vacuum."

Nobody performs in a vacuum either, for obvious reasons. Unless they are performing Mister Holland's Opus.