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Originally Posted by almacg
I think the point was that solely theoretical ideas could never have produced Mozart's Requiem.
However, there are plenty of other 'masterful' pieces throughout history that could not have been written through a mathematical or entirely theoretical approach, including some very recent music.
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You're right, that was probably the major point. However the way it was formulated sounded like he was saying two things: What you said and that music written today is inferior to Mozart and Beethoven. I replied to the latter, but it's quite possible that I simply misunderstood the point (as I also read it in context of his signature).
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The way I see it, is that you don't have to be 'musically knowledgable' to be able to imagine incredibly complex music, but if you want to actually get it down on paper, then you do!
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Well, if you
truly can imagine this music in all detail, with every single voice, exact instrumentation etc. then you don't need much musical knowledge to write it down. You just need to be able to read/write notes, which you can learn rather quickly.
But such imagination is also something you can develop, partly through training (and this doesn't necessarily have to be "learning music theory"). I don't think anybody is born with an infinitely detailed and complex musical imagination.