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Morton Feldman was an influential American composer known for his minimalist style. Born on January 12, 1926, in New York City, Feldman's musical career spanned several decades, during which he produced a significant body of work that has had a lasting impact on contemporary music. His compositions are characterized by their use of repetitive structures, long durations, and a focus on texture and timbre. Feldman passed away on September 3, 1987.

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“Music can imply the infinite if enough things depart from the norm far enough. Strange "abnormal" events can lead to the feeling that anything can happen, and you have a music with no boundaries.”

Ifs Enough Feelings Happens Events Strange Infinite Boundaries Norm Abnormal Anything Can Happen No Boundaries

Book:Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987

Source: Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987

“For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Persons Art States Play Instruments Flutes

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“For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.”

Ifs Years Said Comfortable If I Could Chairs Rivals

Book:Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman

Source: Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldman

“To me, I took a militant attitude towards sounds. I wanted sounds to be a metaphor, that they could be as free as a human being might be free. That was my idea about sound. It still is, that they should breathe ... not to be used for the vested interest of an idea. I feel that music should have no vested interests, that you shouldn't know how it's made, that you shouldn't know if there's a system, that you shouldn't know anything about it ... except that it's some kind of life force that to some degree really changes your life ... if you're into it.”

“If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.”

Ifs Thinking Might Lost Secret Information Listening

Author:Morton Feldman

About the Author

Born: January 12, 1926
Died: September 3, 1987
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 31

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