Nevertheless, in this very process it has slowly become an object of serious study and examination just like European classical music, and in this process literally becoming a perfect example of “art” music in its own right.
As a final consideration, while jazz music has undoubtedly become a central element not only of twentieth-century music but of Western culture as a whole, its status as art music has not been as solidly instated due to a wide variety of factors which can be mostly attributed to the fact that it is no longer the dominant musical style of pop culture like it was in the twenties and thirties. Nevertheless, in this very process it has slowly become an object of serious study and examination just like European classical music, and in this process literally becoming a perfect example of “art” music in its own right.