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COMMERCIAL ART MUSIC |
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| Authors: | Jonathan Le Cocq |
| Affiliation: | Jonathan Le Cocq is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Canterbury. |
| Abstract: | A commercial environment is clearly good for contemporary popular music but can ‘art’ music flourish in such an environment? In the past art music has prospered on a commercial basis and there are advantages in exposing art to commerce. For example, commercial patronage is likely to be more diverse and allow more room for experimentation than a single patron or subsidising body. Moreover, commerce encourages two‐way communication between artist and audience. |
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