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Speaking as a mathematical physicist, I can tell you that we have come a very long way indeed. We now know how and why the stars shine. We know how many there are, what they're made of, how they formed, how they develop, and how and when they will die. Far beyond Newton.
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But has music gone beyond Bach, Mozart and Beethoven? Even musical instruments beyond Stradivarius?
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From a Platonic perspective, the question is not whether music itself has advanced, but whether our understanding of it has. Do we make progress in our understanding of musical works, as we have made progress in our understanding of the Milky Way? Have we learned from our past?
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