Author: George Crumb

Quotes

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

- George Crumb

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.

- George Crumb

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

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

- George Crumb

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.

- George Crumb

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.

- George Crumb

It is easy to write unthinking music.

It is easy to write unthinking music.

- George Crumb

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

- George Crumb

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

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

- George Crumb

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.

The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.

- George Crumb

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