"... contains the papers that were read at the international musicological congress New music, aesthetics and ideology (Leuven, 2-4 Mar. 1993). The objective of the conference was to reflect on the effects of the political upheaval (1989) on new music. The point of departure was German new music before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was contrasted with British and Belgian new music"--P. 4 of cover.