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Harrison Birtwistle quotes

British Composer July 15, 1934

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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific! Harrison Birtwistle
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something..."
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music. Harrison Birtwistle
When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11. Harrison Birtwistle
Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it. Harrison Birtwistle
People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "Music is such a problem in the time it takes."
Music is such a problem in the time it takes. Harrison Birtwistle
I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the..."
When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "I think music has gone through a period of something very..."
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "I don't think there is much American music."
I don't think there is much American music. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if..."
This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very..."
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. Harrison Birtwistle
There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes. Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle quote: "My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas..."
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. Harrison Birtwistle

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