The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.
I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.
I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.
I think we're in a very low point of music right now.
