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George Crumb
George Crumb
American Composer
Born: Oct 24, 1929
Future Music Past Sense Think Will
Related authors: Elliott Carter Eubie Blake John Cage John Williams Leonard Bernstein Oscar Levant Stephen Sondheim Virgil Thomson
The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child. George Crumb
Future Will Past Child Even Rebellious Present
In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music. George Crumb
Music Nature Water Insects Wind Sense Birds Broader Must Find Small Inevitably Sounds Rhythms Large
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. George Crumb
Today Face Musical Earthly Crisis Composers Some Faced Similar Remote Perhaps Years Years Ago Which Galaxy Planet Creatures Million Million Years Two
This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country. George Crumb
Music Time Happy Country Kind
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature. George Crumb
Music Nature Light Reflection Problems Ancient Could Put Idea New Perhaps Were New Music Perplexing Being Many
Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years. George Crumb
You Writing Difficult Seems More Through Years Move
I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics. George Crumb
Today Music Diversity Rich Enormous Consider Say Systems Would Composers Most Styles Am Procedures Confusing Certain Technical
I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures. George Crumb
Music People Own Too Increasing Visited Classical Observed Countries Traditional Traditional Music Cultures Interest Many Showing Ever
Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure. George Crumb
Future Will Diversity Sense Organic Our Resources Somehow More Sheer Nonetheless Task Procedure Present
The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music. George Crumb
Music Has-Been Vocal Remarkable Development New Instrumental Idioms Been Phenomena Recent
I am optimistic about the future of music. George Crumb
Music Future About Am Optimistic
I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. George Crumb
Confused Our Chaotic Uncertain Period Frequently Hear Present
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. George Crumb
Gesture Relatively Easy Glance Make Retrospective Us

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