All decades of Twentieth Century western art music, excluding chance and pure serial composers.
For rando sounds, I can sit on any street corner. Don't need a Cage.
For arbitrary rules and subjugation of pleasure, I can organize a family dinner. Don't want the hard serialists.
I've learned to read about all composers for context but guard against expecting what sounded interesting in the academic design to necessarily be worth a minute of my limited lifetime listening.
For rando sounds, I can sit on any street corner. Don't need a Cage.
For arbitrary rules and subjugation of pleasure, I can organize a family dinner. Don't want the hard serialists.
I've learned to read about all composers for context but guard against expecting what sounded interesting in the academic design to necessarily be worth a minute of my limited lifetime listening.
