From what he wrote below, it’s easy to impute what Arnold Schoenberg thought about the Proctor & Gamble’s of the world:
Those who compose because they want to please others and have audiences in mind, are not real artists. . . . They are merely more or less skilful entertainers who would renounce composing if they did not find listeners. (Quoted from Taking Popular Music Seriously, by Simon Frith, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Hampshire: England, 2007)
For a brief biography of Arnold Schoenberg, click here.
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