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

Quote by Brian Ferneyhough

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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...

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although...

With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although...

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...

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...

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...

What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the...

What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance...

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...