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Professor Alexander Goehr explores the creation of 'community' music by modern composers in his fifth lecture entitled 'Let the People sing'.

English composer Alexander Goehr gives his fifth Reith Lecture from the series entitled 'The Survival of the Symphony'.

In this lecture entitled 'Let the People Sing', Professor Goehr looks at modern composers who aim to break down the barriers between the audience, the performer and the composer. This fracture allows for composers to create a 'community' of music, but can composers adequately fulfil a social ideal and produce enduring works of art?

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30 minutes

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  • Wed 16 Dec 1987 09:00

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