Write at least one example which explores a “frontier” area.
Have open-mindedness toward all new possibilities, but at the same time keep alive an understanding of fundamental values. Stravinsky, in his Six Lessons in the Poetics of Music, defines tradition as that which still succeeds in bringing forth the miracle of artistic value. All of the principles of clarity and tonal interest will still “work” as long as man is psychologically the creature that he is. However, language always grows and, since musical expression is also a “language,” it will similarly grow throughout the future, as new sounds and new ways of producing them are constantly sought.
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