What is Varèse's opinion about new music and noise?
New music is often called noise
Noise is unstructured music
Music is silent noise
Noise is necessary for music
Answer
Indeed, Varèse considered much of what was called new music as merely noise. He believed that "music must progress and find new forms of expression," but he had little patience for works that he felt lacked structure or melody. He argued that "it is not enough to make noise; it is necessary to produce order and beauty in sound."
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