Many successful works of art reflect present day reality and facts. Affirma-
tive output of our society. They are successful in that they allow us to see
our society, as it is embellished and affirmed by the artists and composers
whom it favors.
Some successful works of art reflect the problems which maintain the sys-
tem wherein they are conflicts. Indignantly contrite output of our society.
They are successful in that they allow us to see our society, as it is heavily
armed against change, under a thin coat of free thought accorded the
artists and composers whom it favors.
A few successful works of art reflect the problems which assail the system
wherein they are contradictions. Affront as input to our society. They are
successful in that they allow us to see our society as if it were also another,
different, society and, rather than its future, that of the artists and com-
posers who favor it.
Even fewer successful works of art reflect the desire for, and the rejection
of, our society as tomorrow's reality and facts. Utopia as input to our soci-
ety. They are successful in that they allow us to see our society as it pre-
vents itself from becoming what it wants to be, to see another society which
helps itself to what it wants to be, and its future rather than that of the
artists and composers who favor it.
No work of art necessarily fits only one of these descriptions. Every work
of art, however, tells the composer and his audience, whether they admit
it or not, to which combination of descriptions it best fits.
No description of a work of art necessarily heeds all of the composer's in-
tentions. Most of the composer's intentions, however, may be quite irrele-
vant for any description of his composition.
No composer necessarily plans to have his composition fit any particular
combination of descriptions. Every composer does, however, have a share
in the responsibi
