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Quite Quotes by Brian Ferneyhough
- In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical…
- This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
- I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects…
- Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society…
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