A lot of people have been on vacation--at least around here, they have--so maybe you missed this sample of the upcoming book from New Yorker critic Alex Ross. Good reading in any case; the book's due out in the fall.
7/26: I hope those links work better now. Thanks for the nudge, A. S.! Related question: At the very end of Ross's article (first link above), the composer Morton Feldman hums a bit of "conservative music." Why does he choose the Sibelius Fifth? (I have a theory, but haven't gone back to check it out....)
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