How to Understand(and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 2: The Wars of the 1950s

The 1950s featured a musical battle, pitting composers like
Boulez, Carter, and Babbit against Bernstein, Copland, and
Messaien. But how did the Post World War II movement towards
total serialism and the avant-garde came about? And how did even
the most forward thinking of artists become caught between the
two camps of the tonalists and the serialists? We'll talk all
about this today, as the battles between these two camps have
ensnared almost every composer and continue to this day. Join us
to learn more!