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During the early part of the evening old comrades sipped cocktails, told sports jokes, discussed injuries, and mourned the passing of bygone eras.
The Two Post War Eras, Charles Maier, Duke Univ., Harvard 104 at 4 p.m.
According to Levinson the stages of the life cycle, and the transition periods which link the major eras, fall in the following definite pattern (allowing for a few years spread in each case to account for individual variation):
But very basic and key questions about the life cycle persist. Does the theory apply to women--from the beginning life cycle research has virtually ignored them. Does it apply to non-Western cultures, to earlier historical epochs? Levinson suggests it does, but has no real basis for this claim...
What is to be done if the emphasis in concert is almost always on composers dating before World War II and usually concentrates on the baroque, classical and early romantic eras? The answer is to search for the occasional performance of contemporary works which find their proper milieu in our...