
Theodor Adorno’s ”On Jazz”
Theory & Philosophy
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Jazz Music
orno says that in an ideal society, there would be a direct correlation between quality and popularity. And this is adduced by jas music, him saying that it doesn't actually have any connection to quality. It is instead just random ness slape together into pure marketable forms. He acquaints its producers with primitiveness because of this lack of sophistication. i thinktha t there is some validity to what he's sang in that musical genras are appropriated by certain classes for their own interests. Instead, they are abiding by a certain theoretical tradition that adorno is just not aware of,. which is ironic, because he is very intelligent when it comes to music theory. But he
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