Definitions

Definitions vary from person to person about some words, whereas other words have a very definite meaning. I'd be interested in finding out opinions about the words 'modern' and 'contemporary' when put into context with 'performance' and 'composer/composition'.

So:

What is a contemporary composer (ie when are they from)?

What is a modern composer?

What is a contemporary composition?

What is a modern composition?

What is a contemporary performance?

What is a modern performance?

And any other iterations you can think of.

Ask not 'what,' but 'when.' *example*

I dunno. I don't draw distinction between modern and contemporary. Modernist, maybe. *shrug*

I still ask 'what', because I think some people would say that a composer who write baroque style music now is not contemporary.