“The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics.” WesternMusicalOppositionComposerRulingAccumulationLivelihoodCanonSubversion Author:Brian Ferneyhough
“Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries.” CenturyArguingDialogueComposer Author:Brian Ferneyhough
