The Homogenization of Music – part of evolution or lack of creativity?
Photo by Marius Masalar on Unsplash The Homogenization of Music – part of evolution or lack of creativity? Jazz and Classical music have both followed this trajectory: after a period in which new styles developed and there was one common practice (one way of composing, one style) during each period, the music came to a point where a consciousness of its history developed, some nostalgia existed for older styles, and many different styles could co-exist in the same time period. In Jazz, after the new styles of New Orleans Jazz, Swing Era Jazz, and the early modern jazz styles such as bebop, the period up until now has seen all of these styles co-exist, and a performer like Wynton Marsalis will make obvious references to earlier styles of jazz in his compositions. (In Classical Music, after the various style periods such as Classic, Romantic, Modernist, etc., we have an era today that we call Postmodern, where a composer is free to write in any style he or she wishes, either the mo
