Occupy Wall Street, Composers and the Plutocracy: Some Variations on an Ancient Theme

Composers and musicians – who are also hierarchical leaders on their own way, since the concert hall follows the model of Darwinian competition – are at the mercy of the political and business elite. Bankers, politicians and businessman finance culture not exactly benevolent and free from their own interests. So, although composers did appear in the Occupy movement and their anti-capitalistic commitment cannot be questioned but their performance and role still contradictory.

Original article is at Occupying New Music: Guest Blog Occupy Wall Street, Composers and the Plutocracy: Some Variations on an Ancient Theme By John Halle.