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Brian Ferneyhough quotes

British Composer January 16, 1943

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I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go. Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions..."
By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow. Brian Ferneyhough
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists. Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?"
So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med? Brian Ferneyhough
In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better. Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the..."
Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view. Brian Ferneyhough
Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me. Brian Ferneyhough
It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony. Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term..."
I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery. Brian Ferneyhough
As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting. Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain..."
What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years? Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough quote: "The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a..."
The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning. Brian Ferneyhough
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent. Brian Ferneyhough
The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during the process of construction. Brian Ferneyhough
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. Brian Ferneyhough

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