Author: George Crumb

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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 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

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 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 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

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.

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.

- 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

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

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