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The age-old question of whether musicians should be writing for themselves or for their audiences has no easy answer. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

New music composers face the age‑old question: do they write for themselves or for mass appeal?

Matildie Thom Wium, University of the Free State; Douglas Scott, University of the Free State, and Lance Phillip, University of the Free State

While the debate seems not to be solvable, three academics look at the question of whether artists should provide entertainment or write for their own pleasure.

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