Formal Quote by Harrison Birtwistle Download Open image “My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.” — Harrison Birtwistle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Formal Pieces Theatre
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of operas. I've probably done more different kind of operas than anybody. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good enough. But with operas, unless the right… — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre. — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out… — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page,… — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
While I have devised various formal strategies for articulating [my] concerns, I think fundamentally the work is driven by a basic curiosity. I seek… — Dawoud Bey Copy Share Image
I would love a sandwich,' said Tybalt, with enough gravity to make it sound like a formal proclamation. Resolved: that we will have ham… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
I am going to get political on you. Because I am the most shallow person in the world, my mission is to see men's… — Steven Cojocaru Copy Share Image
There are thus two tasks for the Mass Media division of Unesco, the one general, the other special. The special one is to enlist… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
There's no way a photograph has to look... in a sense. There are no formal rules of design that can apply. — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The job of formal methods is to elucidate the assumptions upon which formal correctness depends. — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
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