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"I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that."
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"There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot."

"I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that."
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"Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it."

"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."

"I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey."

"If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part."

"Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat."

"Well, let me, first of all, say, that as a microtonal composer, I've never been much of a theorist."
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