Schwarz felt atonal music was falling in popularity and would not be around for very long. Both atonal and tonal composers felt that their style was correct, and along with that thought process came disagreement. People who continued to write tonal music felt their style was being overtaken by the new style of writing music. There was tension, disagreement, and slight disgust for one another, more so against atonal composers. Tonal composers felt they were forced into a box, and were supposed to write atonal music, just to keep the reputation that they had built. Atonal composers felt they had to work harder to get their work recognized as a piece of music. As Babbitt stated, “many people would look at a work, and if they could count up to 12 in it, they would reject it” . This quote shows that serialists had trouble trying to connect with audiences, but the Non-serialists had issues
Schwarz felt atonal music was falling in popularity and would not be around for very long. Both atonal and tonal composers felt that their style was correct, and along with that thought process came disagreement. People who continued to write tonal music felt their style was being overtaken by the new style of writing music. There was tension, disagreement, and slight disgust for one another, more so against atonal composers. Tonal composers felt they were forced into a box, and were supposed to write atonal music, just to keep the reputation that they had built. Atonal composers felt they had to work harder to get their work recognized as a piece of music. As Babbitt stated, “many people would look at a work, and if they could count up to 12 in it, they would reject it” . This quote shows that serialists had trouble trying to connect with audiences, but the Non-serialists had issues