The Only Hope Is That Our Civilization

First, It Doesn't Surprise Me That Traditional Music Has Experienced A Kind Of Exhaustion In The 20th Century - Not Forgetting That Many Musicians Started To Look Outside The Traditional Structures Of Tonality.

I Was Horrified By Modern 12-tone Music. I Said To Myself, 'maybe I Can Find Something Different... Maybe Salvation, Liberation, Is Possible.

It's Ridiculous That Time And Time Again We Need A Radioactive Cloud Coming Out Of A Nuclear Power-station To Remind Us That Atomic Energy Is Extraordinarily Dangerous.

Noises Have Generally Been Thought Of As Indistinct, But This Is Not True.

Has It Struck You That The Music Which Is Regarded As The Most Sublime In Western Civilization, Which Is The Music Of Bach, Is Called Baroque?