I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.
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Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.
Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now.
Today each composer is not only involved in aesthetics, but he's actually trying to create his own language.
I think a lot of times we think of music as being different from other art forms. You would never ask a sculptor or painter, 'Go paint this because you'll get paid more,' you know what I mean?
I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and the worst, but there is always quantity. But I have written relatively little.
Real music is not for wealth, not for honours or even the joys of the mind... but as a path for realisation and salvation.
New music is absolutely integral to classical music.
I consider myself a composer.
In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.
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