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J. M. Gerraughty: “WHY I NOT-SO-MUCH-HATE-SO-MUCH-AS-DON’T-LIKE “MODERN” CLASSICAL MUSIC”

Here’s a great essay by J.M. Gerraughty on why a so-called “modern” aesthetic in music has little social currency today.

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May 23, 2014
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