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"Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist."
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"I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups."
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"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors."
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"Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today."
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"I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour."
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"The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing."
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"Composers are always going back to the past."
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"In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers."
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"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."
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"Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully."
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"There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!"
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"What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience that's hearing it."
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"I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on."
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"But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world."
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"I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music."
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"The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz."
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"It's not important to me to found a school; it's not important to me to have disciples."
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"Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat."
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"Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist."
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"I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it."
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"However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults."
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