Which composer believed that music is all too often treated as a "narcotic," something that dulls senses rather than arouses them?

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Eric Breyer · Answer 1 · 2016-12-26T16:33:05+0000

Charles Ives " 'A new work accepted immediately as beautiful is one "that tends to put the mind to sleep.' Like a narcotic... In believing all of this, Ives would remain at variance with the general music public." (From Psalm to Symphony)

Which composer believed that music is all too often treated as a "narcotic," something that dulls senses rather than arouses them?

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