Modernism in music is characterized by a desire for or belief in progress and science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, political advocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with the past or common practice — Ezra Pound's modernist slogan, "Make it new," as applied to music. Modern music is often thought[weasel words] to begin with, or just after, Debussy's impressionist works, rising to rhetorical, if not commercial, dominance after the Second World War, and then being gradually displaced by postmodern music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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