<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A Mechanical Mozart,&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-size: 12px;">by Patrick Appel</span></em></p><p>A reader writes: </p><blockquote><p>As a classical concert pianist, I was depressed to read <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/02/machines-with-rhythm.html">your posting</a> about computer-generated classical music “every bit as good as the originals.” For starters, it wouldn’t hurt to be suspicious of qualitative aesthetic statements posing as scientific assertions — Which originals? Good in what sense? According to whom? ]]></html></oembed>