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How can we increase the visibility of global musical modernisms?

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1 reply, 2 voices Last updated by  John David Vandevert 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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  • 15 January 2020 at 11:45 am EST #28141

    Gavin Lee
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    How can we increase the visibility of global musical modernisms?

  • 11 June 2020 at 5:33 pm EDT #32194

    John David Vandevert
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    In a short form answer, by administering some realistic thought behind what does it mean to be modern. I have deliberated about what does being a ‘modern’ composer mean. A small consensus I have come to is that now that all of our musical options are available, the way forward is not directly linked to a particular genre, rather cross-pollination of multi-genre music may be the best and dare I say ‘only’ move forward. By consciously prescribing barriers to genres, we are not only limiting what each type of music can potentially evolve to be, but perhaps it additionally keeps the composer and subsequent listener in a pseudo-formalistic mindset. In my opinion, the way forward is by enriching genres with appropriate attributes of others, thereby creating a synergistic environment where composers feel free to sample and combine, rather than austerely limiting themselves to being a ‘jazz composer,’ ‘classical composer,’ etc.

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