Shostakovich, in particular, was persecuted by the Soviet regime when his music was thought to be too ‘modern’ or élitist, meaning he was forced to write in two styles - symphonies for the authorities ...

All majors must complete three courses in music history—MUSA 2209 (Music of the Modern Era) and their choice of two of the following period courses.* MUSA 2201 Medieval-Renaissance Music MUSA 2203 ...

It's all a very outsized reaction to a woman who makes music for a living ... the tracking of vinyl sales constitutes the "modern era," which is just a fancy way of saying that vinyl sales ...

That breaks Swift's own record the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era (since Luminate began tracking data in 1991), beating the 693,000 sold of 1989 (Taylor's Version ...