If the intent was to provoke a hostile reaction, then I would tend to agree, but I think it was a good-faith attempt to make enjoyable music that was not immedi

If the intent was to provoke a hostile reaction, then I would tend to agree, but I think it was a good-faith attempt to make enjoyable music that was not immediately successful, but which had a silver lining for the apparently dejected composer. If you go to a concert of new works, I think you have a obligation to not interfere with the rest of the audience's attempt to appreciate it, even if you do not. It seems that the objectors' rejection of the work was not shared by the whole audience, or even a majority.