# What would have Mozart composed if he had a computer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-mozart-composed-if-he-had-a-computer/406377 "2007-06-01T18:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-mozart-composed-if-he-had-a-computer/406377/21 "2007-06-14T01:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] I came in to say that. “He’d make Aphex Twin’s oeuvre, and do it twice as good.” [/QUOTE] I think Mozart with a computer would have been farther away from the pop-click-whirr-beep repetition-based electronica and closer to groups like Tortoise or STS9 that use electronic music to complement instrumental music, rather than relying solely on the computers. Like others have said, he would use all the tools available - which includes computers and synthesizers but which also includes the same orchestral instruments we’ve always had. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-mozart-composed-if-he-had-a-computer/406377/22 "2007-06-14T02:20:45Z")
He would have spent months creating long Flash animations of lolcats. No, really… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-mozart-composed-if-he-had-a-computer/406377/23 "2007-06-14T02:23:31Z")
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