Long-standing interpretations of the idea of advancement in the arts and sciences typically center around existing standards and related innovations.
Limiting the musical imagination to development and refinement of preexisting designs and models results in stultification, that is to say, the typical sounds of the contemporary in the second decade of the twenty-first century. But these sounds are not congruent with the imagination of the modern.
The modern plunges forward with time past, drawing in time future. This application of the idea of progress means to bring into being what will, in fact, exist.
Limiting the musical imagination to development and refinement of preexisting designs and models results in stultification, that is to say, the typical sounds of the contemporary in the second decade of the twenty-first century. But these sounds are not congruent with the imagination of the modern.
The modern plunges forward with time past, drawing in time future. This application of the idea of progress means to bring into being what will, in fact, exist.
