A sort of brief start of a look into 20th neo-classical/art music:
New Music For A Troubled Century by Michael Doyle All music was once new it seems There's no accounting for esoteric dreams One fifth of the way through the 21st Century It's time to look back on the last century Twentieth century art music though contemporary Was rarely heard easily due to lacking familiarity As music lost it's soulful comprehensibility Then again maybe it was its abandonment of tonality Although delightfully musical in its insinuation Quite a lot of neo-classical is not to my inclination Briefly exploring this symphonic Babylon Impresses me little as so many seem to babble on It must be remembered that musical expression Developed as a matter of spiritual reflection The singers reaching out to God forming song Lifting their voices heavenly where they belong These days God has been castaway as lost It seems often society bears this cost Where Beethoven knew the musician's purpose Contemporary composers have forgot their service Within the rate of changes set on hyper-drive It is an age of revolution in which belief barely survives And self expression is both the standard and the test The personal signature became the style of the best What was once tonal balance sealed by a melody Counterbalanced with blended notes of harmony Tension and rest have given way mostly to tension Becoming mutilated beyond almost all comprehension Change, change and then again and again, more change Was the pace of styles that was at times just strange Mind numbing and at times heated beyond soul searing The changes that have come have been near tearing … at least to the heart of God and those who hear him... (c) March 18, 2020 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
