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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

Topics: Adjusting Compose Easier Form Just Manual Piece Poem Still Symphony Than True Tuning Using Write

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By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow.

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Topics: Anyhow Instructions Like Many Poems Read Reason Sets Translation Weird

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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

Topics: Although Aspects British Certain Days Deeply Involved Philosophy Quite Say Student Would Youth

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In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better.

~Brian Ferneyhough

Topics: Any Articulate Better Between Boundaries Case Exist Fewer Forms Free Human Movement

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I don't like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound, so it's what I wanted, and that's it.

~Brian Ferneyhough

Topics: Even Expected Generally Like Listening Much Music New Pieces Pretty Sound Them Wanted

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Composer

Born: January 16th, 1943

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