Author: George Crumb

Quotes

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

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.

As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other.

- 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

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

- 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

I am optimistic about the future of music.

I am optimistic about the future of music.

- 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

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

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

- George Crumb

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

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

- George Crumb

Similar Authors: