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- Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there…
- My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World…
- Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.
- Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces,…
- Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new…
- I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I…
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