On Restructuring—With Optimism but without Embellishment

The problem of the individual, of his growing role in the life of our society, and of the significance of the composite [kompleksnyi] approach to his upbringing is important and surprisingly diversified. It involves much that is unknown and even unexpected. And this is only natural, since the point at issue is the individual as an integral, unique personality. This interview, however, is not about general problems. On the contrary, it deals with the very concrete issue of the school music curriculum. The curriculum is modern, which is exactly what it should be in a period of the restructuring of all spheres of life in society, including the cultural sphere.