Nicholas J Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>A student of mine came up with an question I found really difficult to
>answer today-
>
>Sir We've got all these periods of music Renaissance Baroque Classical
>etc.  We've called music from L'apres midi d'un faune Modern but now
>in the 21st century what should we call it?
>
>Suggestions?

Probably contemporary music.  It could be called 21st century music but
since there is so little of it sticking a label on it seems a bit
premature.

Tim Horwood