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 Re: What ever became of the avant garde?
Author: fbjacobo 
Date:   2020-07-03 23:59

And now for the contrarian view:

I think what happened was that audiences and musicians got tired of playing music that was either ugly, overly complicated, or able to be appreciated by only those cogniscenti (sp?) who specialize in it. Basically, most people want a tune, not a tone row. As a musician, I want an audience of more than 5 people, and was not getting that with serial, abstract expressionist or other non-tonal music.

So audiences flocked to (amongst others) 'minimalist' composers, and a whole new generation of composers who want art music to be heard are writing music with noticeable tonality.

I make no judgement about the artistic value of atonal/serial music. If you like it, GREAT. I personally don't, which is why I don't play very much of it; and I think there are many more people who agree with me. There clearly is a market for new music. Just not atonal new music.

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