That makes more sense once I reframed it in the context of "Boulez vs. Rush". You'll find lots more parallels with Bach like you mentioned above than...
I'm not grasping the connection either. "Personal aesthetic demands" to me sounds like personal motivations for writing the music, but not a parallel...
This is like saying " I know John Cage has written some avant-garde music, pieces for prepared piano and other things. But his reputation is based on...
Decades ago a friend and I used to dream about a film of the Ring utilizing all the techniques available, and we wondered why it had never been done....