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Originally Posted by MicShazam
Kinda partially my point that that would be stupid logic. Or more like a natural side effect of my view on music that charles Ives' relevance is all about the quality of his music and not about any current or past critical notoriety (or otherwise) or popularity.
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I agree that popularity is a stupid factor to consider. Context, however, can be very meaningful, because innovation can speak to quality and presentism can make that difficult to discern.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in the 40’s
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The Unanswered Question sat on the shelf for over 30 years before it was performed. Why bother?