Contemporary Music and the Public

Abstract

This discussion between Michel Foucault and Pierre Boulez evokes the relationship between music and other elements of culture. The accessibility of avant-garde music is rendered problematic by our nostalgia for the past and our inability to recognize and respond to the tonalities of modern composition. Originally published in CNAC Magazine 15 (May–June 1983), the present text is an English translation by John Rahn that appeared in Perspectives of New Music 24 (Fall–Winter 1985), 6–12.

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