After reading Chaos Instead of Music showed what it was like for composers during this time with dealer with the Soviet people and trying to please them.
At no time and in no other place has the composer had a more appreciative audience. The people expected good songs, but also good instrumental works, and good operas. The young composer, instead of hearing serious criticism, which could have helped him in his future work, hears only enthusiastic compliments. With the general cultural development of their country, Why do you think they grew the necessity for good music?
The composer apparently never considered the problem of what the Soviet audience looks for and expects in music. As though deliberately, he scribbles down his music, confusing all the sounds in such a way that his music would reach only the effete “formalists” who had lost all their wholesome taste. Why were the composers so worried about what the Soviet audience looks for and expects in music?
