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Entry: The Death of Music by the Spirit of Government Subsidies Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_death_of_music_from_the_spirit_of_government_subsidies#15359 Post contents: I feel the need to point out an obvious ommission. Wasn't the Soviet Union a government? Didn't they fund composers and greatly influence their output? These composers were forbidden to write 12 tone music. This complicates the argument that government subsidies by themselves cause modernism. So, were western governments awarding subsidies under the condition that they write music to impress other composers? I don't wish to expound on others' earlier and insightful comments. I have been a musician for 33 years and fancy myself a composer even going to college for music composition. The one tendency I always had to fight was forcing musical evolution. Something happens to the creative process when the composer becomes too self conscious and tries too hard to create progress rather than to create music. While I could spend all morning commenting, I'll just leave it at that. Sent at: 2008 07 09