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. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
As interesting as that music can occasionally be, I don't think it really replaces the other. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
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… — George Crumb Copy Share Image
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. — George Crumb Copy Share Image
Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse — George Crumb Copy Share Image
