Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events.

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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...

If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

If nothing is at risk, nothing is established.

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.

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and...

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and...

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.

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...

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...

I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they...

I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they...

There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and...

There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and...

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...

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost...

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost...

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

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

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.

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...

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of...

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of...

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...

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...

My own position is, that it is largely up to the work itself to suggest...

My own position is, that it is largely up to the work itself to suggest...

The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion,...

The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion,...

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with...

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with...