Who Cares if You Listen

"Who Cares if You Listen?" is an article written by the American composer Milton Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) and published in the February, 1958, issue of High Fidelity. In addition to being the single most well-known work by Babbitt, it epitomized the distance that had grown between many composers and their listeners. In the words of Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times, "To this day, it is seized as evidence that he and his ilk are contemptuous of audiences"

Who Cares if You Listen

"Who Cares if You Listen?" is an article written by the American composer Milton Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) and published in the February, 1958, issue of High Fidelity. In addition to being the single most well-known work by Babbitt, it epitomized the distance that had grown between many composers and their listeners. In the words of Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times, "To this day, it is seized as evidence that he and his ilk are contemptuous of audiences"