Unconfined by conventional expectations, music moves in the direction of its own meaning.
The forms and genres have their pre-existing audiences, and consumer and celebrity culture contributes to their popularity as always. The novelty of recasting a previous form into a different context is consistently attractive stylistically, if stale creatively. A cursory overview of the state of music only a century ago, nevertheless, demonstrates the inevitability of development and change.
As forms fail to sustain interest over time, new directions are forged by throwing off the tyranny of the timeworn, the pedestrian, and the sentimental.
Exploration beyond known boundaries is an obligation to art, and to reason.
The forms and genres have their pre-existing audiences, and consumer and celebrity culture contributes to their popularity as always. The novelty of recasting a previous form into a different context is consistently attractive stylistically, if stale creatively. A cursory overview of the state of music only a century ago, nevertheless, demonstrates the inevitability of development and change.
As forms fail to sustain interest over time, new directions are forged by throwing off the tyranny of the timeworn, the pedestrian, and the sentimental.
Exploration beyond known boundaries is an obligation to art, and to reason.
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