Amen brother Morton!

As the contemporary art music scene has, in many ways, withdrawn from the realm of the "general public" (something I've experienced since the dreadful serial compositions of the 70s), it seems tantamount to remember the words of Morton Gould:

“I’ve always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. It’s not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.”