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All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

~James Tenney

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I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does NOT do that defines a style.

~James Tenney

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: August 10th, 1934

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