Bad Music?

I find the statement "who are you to judge" to be a kind of excuse to justify the creation and performance of essentially bad music.  This is especially true for music that is created primarily through music software programs or with A.I. assistance.  

A few days ago, I was asked to look at a piece of music that a friend of mine was considering programming for next season.  He was unsure of it, and wanted some confirmation that the piece was indeed NOT worth programming.  When I looked at the score, I found writing that was uninformed of the instruments and difficult to execute.  It violated basic rules of engraving, and it was obvious that the piece was written on a keyboard without attention to instrumental limitations or preferences.  The orchestration showed little regard to timbre combinations.  Articulations were not specific to the instruments.  In short, the MIDI realization that was sent to me along with the score sounded quite promising, but a live performance would be a disaster - the musicians would be frustrated, the sound would be wanting, and the audience would be alienated.

Years ago, it was normative to expect that a composer would have an intimate knowledge of all the instruments of the orchestra, and to write intelligently for them.  Today the only qualification seems to be a knowledge of music software programs.  Is it fair to say that this new breed of composers is writing "bad" music?   I think so.  A piece for violin which includes music which is impossible to play on the violin is certainly not a good piece. 

I am happy to report that the piece I reviewed is no longer under consideration for programming.  But a larger question remains.  Why are so many people writing so much music that is not worth seeing the light of day?  Is it just because technology has made the process of writing so easy?  Or do we still embrace the "who are we to judge" question?   Just because something disguises itself as "art" shouldn't render it immune from evaluation or criticism.  And the fact remains; there is good and bad music.