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These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known t
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"These wealthy people were very interested in contemporary music. They wanted to help diffuse it and get it to be known to other people"

- Elliott Carter

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This quote by Elliott Carter speaks to the power of rich people to affect the spread of modern music. It recommends that these wealthy people were passionate about contemporary music and wished to utilize their resources to help it become more commonly understood. This might have been done through sponsoring concerts, moneying recording sessions, and even just by speaking about the music to their peers. By doing this, they were able to assist spread the music to a broader audience and guarantee that it was not forgotten. This quote likewise talks to the importance of having access to resources in order to help promote and spread out art. Without the aid of these rich people, contemporary music may not have had the ability to reach the very same level of popularity that it did.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Elliott Carter somewhere between December 11, 1908 and today. He/she was a famous Composer from USA. The author also have 21 other quotes.

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