The development of methods of mass diffusion (first printed, then electromechanical and electronic) has affected all forms of music, and any of them can be treated as a commodity; if a widely distributed recording of a Tchaikovsky symphony turns the piece into ‘ popular music’, then the definition is, to say the least, unhelpful.
The development of methods of mass diffusion (first printed, then electromechanical and electronic) has affected all forms of music, and any of them can be treated as a commodity; if a widely distributed recording of a Tchaikovsky symphony turns the piece into ‘ popular music’, then the definition is, so as to be brief and efficient, unhelpful.