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.

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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...

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

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 think we're in a very low point of music right now.

I think we're in a very low point of music right now.

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,...

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.

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely...

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not...

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not...

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...

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.

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...

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual...

Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual...