Nazism, Hollywood and the forgotten classical music of the 20th century canon. A commonly accepted idea about classical music in recent decades is that of its permanent and irresolvable crisis.
John Mauceri points out in his book War and Music that there is a more serious problem that has not been resolved. Where is the new repertoire? What masterpieces of the last 50 or 80 years are known to the general public that enjoy the prestige of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring?