One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.

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Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements...

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements...

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest...

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest...

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence...

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence...

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced...

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced...

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little,...

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little,...

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a...

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a...

It is easy to write unthinking music.

It is easy to write unthinking music.

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited...

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited...

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a...

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a...

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central...

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central...

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize...

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize...

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of...

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of...

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods,...

Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods,...

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena...

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena...

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.