There are different kinds of musics existing side by side with relative degrees of aesthetic values. Separate musics have separate functions; and the functions are multiplying. There are happenings all around us, on the street corners, in churches, events both political and social. They pose the problem of value judgments, not only of the quality of the music, but quality within the [framework] of the musics. Can we and should we assign a [value] hierarchy to various music? (Documentary Report of the Tanglewood Symposium, 122)
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