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Harrison Birtwistle Quotes

I don’t think there is much American music Picture Quote #1

The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila Picture Quote #1

The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude Picture Quote #1

People say my music is English. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me Picture Quote #1

The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude Picture Quote #1

One thing I’ve tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things Picture Quote #1

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Composing’s not voluntary, you know. There’s no choice, you’re not free. You’re landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18 Picture Quote #1

People say my music is English. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me Picture Quote #1

The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles Picture Quote #1

It’s the irrational things that interest me Picture Quote #1

You either are or you’re not Picture Quote #1

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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter Picture Quote #1

My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces Picture Quote #1

Music is such a problem in the time it takes Picture Quote #1

In the end it doesn’t matter what you do Picture Quote #1

I wrote music as soon as I knew notation Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have a record player Picture Quote #1

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I always write the pieces I want to write Picture Quote #1

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names Picture Quote #1

I like to think that if music hadn’t existed, I could have invented it Picture Quote #1

There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it’s not just a collection of notes Picture Quote #1

When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted Picture Quote #1

This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn’t existed, I could have invented it Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I’ve never had that attitude to music Picture Quote #1

One thing I’ve tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things Picture Quote #1

Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It’s absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it Picture Quote #1

I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door Picture Quote #1

I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism Picture Quote #1

I don’t have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think there is much American music (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude. (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) People say my music is English. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me. (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) The theatre only knows what it’s doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years’ time? A completely different attitude (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) One thing I’ve tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) Composing’s not voluntary, you know. There’s no choice, you’re not free. You’re landed with an idea and you have responsibility to that idea (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18 (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) People say my music is English. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) It’s the irrational things that interest me (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) You either are or you’re not (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) Music is such a problem in the time it takes (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) In the end it doesn’t matter what you do (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I wrote music as soon as I knew notation (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I didn’t have a record player (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I always write the pieces I want to write (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I like to think that if music hadn’t existed, I could have invented it (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it’s not just a collection of notes (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn’t existed, I could have invented it (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I’m not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I’ve never had that attitude to music (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) One thing I’ve tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It’s absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes) I don’t have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change (Harrison Birtwistle Quotes)

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