A student of Nicholas J. Roberts asked:
> 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?
"Contemporary" is safest, because so many different styles are involved,
and that is a sliding term referring only to a time period from the
standpoint of the present. "Postmodern" would do, but it carries so
much theoretical baggage that it might well be avoided.
Jim Tobin