Disingenuous, facile arguments to the contrary, music can have far reaching impact and influence.
When this is not the case, other, "more serious" issues have superseded basic cultural values at the expense of both individuality and community. These issues always have the appearance of profound crises, and they always have a totalitarian source and origin, as the historical record of such times reveals. But, for good or ill, one may only convey such things clearly through implication, thus art.
When this is not the case, other, "more serious" issues have superseded basic cultural values at the expense of both individuality and community. These issues always have the appearance of profound crises, and they always have a totalitarian source and origin, as the historical record of such times reveals. But, for good or ill, one may only convey such things clearly through implication, thus art.
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