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- 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,…
- That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms…
- The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different…
- 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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- We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces. — Mahmoud Abbas
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- The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that… — Honore de Balzac
- I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit. — Travis Barker
- My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. — Luis Barragan
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