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The most immediate effect was a narrowed audience - one which was capable of following complex and abstract musical expression. Those who wished to dance either did not embrace the new music or sought out alternatives. This accelerated as the following generations explored new alternatives which provided that dancing function. Within the genre itself, the musician increasingly viewed himself as an artist - and artists are not motivated by audience share but rather by standing in the artistic community. The music increasingly feedback on itself - as any ‘pure’ art will and ultimately created an audience of musicians and cognoscenti - it relegated itself to an artistic niche. What Paul Whiteman wanted so many years before - acceptance by the musically knowledgeable had come to pass. Now, it shared the same fate as the art music of the concert hall: an audience that viewed it as art, created by artists, and to be judged only on its artistic elements. It had effectively pulled back from any hope of again being a Popular Music ...»