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Composer

Roger Sessions was an American composer known for his unique musical style and contributions to modern compositional techniques. His works blended classical music traditions with innovative elements, profoundly influencing the development of music in the 20th century.

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“Music goes deeper than emotion into the energies that animate our psychic life.”

Energy Emotion Deeper Psychics

Author:Roger Sessions

“But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.”

Two Effort Communication Demand Profound Genuine Concentration

Book:Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

Source: Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

“What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing or entertaining at another level.”

Firsts Kind Lasts Asks Levels Profound Communicate All Kinds Entertaining Amusing Firsts And Lasts

Book:Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

Source: Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

“I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.”

Sometimes Difficult Music Is Listeners

Book:Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

Source: Roger Sessions on Music: Collected Essays

About the Author

Born: December 28, 1896
Died: March 16, 1985
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 4

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