George Crumb Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“It is easy to write unthinking music.”

“The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.”

“The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.”

“The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.”

“This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country.”

“In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.”

“One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.”

“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.”

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