joshuacharlesmorris
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I was in a discussion with a music theorist who thought composition was inverse theory, and theory was inverted composition (i.e. a composer could go backwards from a theoretical analysis to generate a piece, in the same way a theorist can take a piece and make an analysis). I had strong opposition to the notion, though had difficulty in specifically articulating why. Is that position tenable, and why do you think so?