In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

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I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in...

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in...

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that...

Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that...

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form...

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form...

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and...

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and...

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span...

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span...

The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests...

The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests...

By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.

By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.

When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if...

When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if...

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at...

Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at...

As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I...

As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I...

So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?

So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?

Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling...

Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling...

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even...

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even...

Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the...

Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the...

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form,...

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form,...

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.

The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting...

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting...

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of...

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of...

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in...

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in...

Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own...

Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own...