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John Corigliano Quotes

I have tremendous respect for film composers Picture Quote #1

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he’s from England Picture Quote #1

Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it Picture Quote #1

I’m glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past Picture Quote #1

What I think of as style - and I’ve gotten to this over years of really thinking about it - is that style is the unconscious choices I make Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past Picture Quote #1

Art is not only about angst Picture Quote #1

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges Picture Quote #1

I think art can reflect tragedy Picture Quote #1

I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear Picture Quote #1

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Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it Picture Quote #1

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge Picture Quote #1

If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but ponticello, and harmonics, and tremolos. If you take an oboe and play it, there’s about one way you can make it sound: like an oboe Picture Quote #1

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I have tremendous respect for film composers (John Corigliano Quotes) I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he’s from England (John Corigliano Quotes) Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it (John Corigliano Quotes) I’m glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too (John Corigliano Quotes) The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past (John Corigliano Quotes) What I think of as style - and I’ve gotten to this over years of really thinking about it - is that style is the unconscious choices I make (John Corigliano Quotes) I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear. (John Corigliano Quotes) The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past. (John Corigliano Quotes) Art is not only about angst (John Corigliano Quotes) I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges (John Corigliano Quotes) I think art can reflect tragedy (John Corigliano Quotes) I think it’s good for the composer to teach because you always have new students and you have to begin at the beginning and make things clear (John Corigliano Quotes) Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it (John Corigliano Quotes) The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge (John Corigliano Quotes) If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but ponticello, and harmonics, and tremolos. If you take an oboe and play it, there’s about one way you can make it sound: like an oboe (John Corigliano Quotes)