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Earle Brown
American
Composer
Born:
Dec 26
,
1926
Died:
Jul 2
,
2002
Creation
Creative
Hands
Head
Music
People
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John Cage
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Virgil Thomson
What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
Earle Brown
Good
People
Way
Lies
Head
Performance
Between
Performer
Line
Hands
Straight
Shortest
Straight Line
Two
Two People
Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the 'given' material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
Earle Brown
Music
Beginning
Control
Changes
Liberating
Further
Degrees
Indication
General
Given
Cage
Concepts
Deal
Material
Were
Arts
Them
Inherited
Functional
There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
Earle Brown
Music
Creation
Non-Political
Motives
Politically
Behind
Used
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
Earle Brown
Time
Creative
People
Reflection
Degree
Creation
Possible
General
Given
Generosity
Involved
Limit
Limitation
Optimism
Any
Regard
Number
Set
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