Even contemporary “classical” music has been ruined by MIDI with people using copy-and-paste. My classical musician friends are caustic about what computers have done to their world.
Indeed. My music software and my multi-tracker both have cut-and-paste capability, but I have NEVER even learned how to use them. I record everything in real-time, and meticulously layer the vocals and instruments sometimes singing the parts hundreds of times.
I did The Hallelujah Chorus that way once...just for fun.
It’s nice to have the tools, as long as the tools don’t have YOU!