“The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child.” IfsChildrenPastRebellionRebelliousRebellious Child Author:George Crumb
“The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.” EasyGesturesGlancesRetrospective Author:George Crumb
“One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past.” ImportantMightPastCultureDegreesAspectHistoricalMusicalSensesContemporaryExtensions Author:George Crumb
“Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred.” WorldCulturePeriodsMusic IsHistoricalDuesContemporaryExtensions Author:George Crumb
“Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.” WellsDiversityResourcesTasksSheerProcedures Author:George Crumb
“The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.” WorldWarSoundInfluenceEnormousWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IAdvent Author:George Crumb
“The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.” Has BeensDevelopmentRemarkableVocalIdiomInstrumental Music Author:George Crumb
“Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.” ElementsNervousRhythmNervous SystemCentral Nervous System Author:George Crumb
“Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature.” IfsIdeasProblemLightMusic IsReflectionAncientNew Music Author:George Crumb