Quotes by Composers

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened. Fritz Kreisler
Life Enthusiasm Before Few Only Had Hours Suddenly
What was once underground is now coming to the surface. Gavin Bryars
Once Underground Surface Coming Now
There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people. Gavin Bryars
Music People Feelings Way Touching Another Another Way Making Ordinary Ordinary People Lives
The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all. Gavin Bryars
Music Me Something Area New Academic Attracts New Music Festivals Modern Modern Music Which
Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured. Gavin Bryars
Technically Assured Tried Something Develop Over Years Which
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years. Gavin Bryars
Music History Years Many Bridges
It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation. Gavin Bryars
Work You Try Will Mistakes Sense Research Out Bad Some Some Things Having Invest Fail Almost New Like Make Makes Scientific Least Laboratory Department Organisation Things
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. Gavin Bryars
Time John John Adams Directing Had Know French Very Hard Hard Time
I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology. Gavin Bryars
Technology Plant Digital Understanding Digital Technology Record About Sceptical Mastering Friends Labels Very Hollywood Who European
As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien. Gavin Bryars
Music Art Time Theatre Writing Alien Before Painting Collaborated Response Visual Colleges Had Idea Performance Pieces Context Taught Artists Whether Works
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder. Gavin Bryars
Me Writing Remember Think Once Saxophone Cross Between Like Alto Louder Being Viola Started
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. George Crumb
Gesture Relatively Easy Glance Make Retrospective Us
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
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. George Gershwin
Music Time People Thought Must Inspirations True Repeat
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers. George Gershwin
Music Mood Fingers Normal
Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want? George Gershwin
Myself Woman Women Only Limit Want Should Many Why
I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts. George Gershwin
Guess Must About Piano Had Talent Counts Until Little Regularly Even Start Playing
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