Friday, April 27, 2018

Music As Political Activism - Can It Ever Really Work?

"Part of classical music's conceit (as well as other genres'), even among many contemporary audiences, is the notion of a universal beauty in music, and there's nothing fundamentally wrong with that ... Classical music isn't alone in this regard (although it does carry the most Enlightenment baggage). ... What a conceit can't do is provide the foundation for concrete political change."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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