tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292754114795396839.post3868420151840349255..comments2023-07-02T10:59:59.422+01:00Comments on Marty Gull: Chris Port Blog #311. Is all art inherently political?Chris Port (Marty Gull)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10072213193656248085noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292754114795396839.post-40762974436358319782011-09-25T15:17:02.657+01:002011-09-25T15:17:02.657+01:00'But music and politics have always mixed'...'But music and politics have always mixed'<br />The Guardian, 21 September 2011 <br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2011/sep/21/music-and-politics-must-mix?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038<br /><br />' ... there's a bigger question about music and politics at stake. You can't separate the two, and the attempt to try is itself political. To pretend that the performance, reception, and composition of music are activities that exist in a separate realm from the social and political realities of the world is a dangerous, utopian fantasy. If it were true, music (classical music especially) would only ever have the possibility of being an aesthetic entertainment, as opposed to the foment of ideas, emotions, and poetry that it really is.'Chris Port (Marty Gull)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10072213193656248085noreply@blogger.com