Composers or composition students?

thallo wrote:

but all these discussions have to do with value, with skill. A composer is a composer even if they are a bad composer; let's strive to give all-encompassing definitions, let's strive to give a definition that also takes into account bad composers, deceitful composers, living composers, dead composers, pop composers etc etc

i was assuming a technical evaluation of a composer anyway ... put that way, it can also work.

For composition students during exams,

in life and in their own works, Composers.

It is obvious that if you have to prepare for an exam you must conform, but it is only a test, not your composing career.

cristiank83 wrote:

For composition students' exams,

in life and in their own works, Composers.

It is obvious that if you have to prepare for an exam you must conform, but it is only a test, not your composing career.

Ok, but what if someone studies composition beyond exams and the conservatory? They can't already be a composer right away, just because they are in the sphere of extra-curricular "life"... no?

Of course.

In my opinion, the most important thing for someone writing music is to adapt to styles, genres, and exercises if we are talking about school.

Taking into account who will listen to your music is another important thing.

In the end, school exercise is just a "gym," I don't think Bartok studied his own style based on Piston