"When trying to understand modernist ruptures, the revitalization of tradition inherent in supposedly destructive tactics is readily apparent.... In fact, all modernisms upon deeper examination show themselves to be a struggle against the immanent obsolescence of a past so beautiful as to be on the verge of banality."—Caetano Veloso, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil (Knopf, 2002)
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