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Composer Quote by DJ Spooky

“When you think about a composer you know like Wagner…” quote by DJ Spooky — Download Open image

“When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a composer is working with are about discreet, notated music that someone else will play.”

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