Composers seek a new definition of greatness in a digital age

As a champion of new music, Susanna Eastburn takes exception to the claim that the age of great composers is dead. Instead, we must open our ears to more diverse, shape-shifting and connected times

Philip Clark’s recent blog, entitled Where have the great composers gone?, raises some interesting questions about the notion of “the great composer” and claims there is a lack of suitable contemporary candidates for that accolade.

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