Considerations on compositional evaluation

Abstract

This paper discusses the question of compositional evaluation mainly in the composer-professor activities. It questions the way of evaluation leaden by either traditionalists and vanguards ways for judgment. The former basis for this discussion is namely a plan of immanence, as proposed by Gilles Deleuze in his philosophy: a compositional plan without an annex justification or explanation. It also comments some references concerning the evaluation question in musical composition.
Keywords: music, composition, contemporary music, plan of immanence, musical evaluation, musical judgment.