"When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't……" — David Del Tredici
"When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line."
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6 Quotes by David Del Tredici
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- Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We…
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- I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.
- I've always been a composer dependent on texts.
- A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going…