Margaret wrote:

>I'm very enthusiastic about 20th-C music; that's why when I see composers
>like Kernis or Corigliano winning awards for their tepid, easy neo-tonal
>pabulum, I'm quite appalled.  Thanks goodness Carter, Boulez, and others
>do get some recognition as well.

Do you think music needs to be atonal to be taken seriously today, or to
not be considered "pabulum" by your standards?

Mark