Harrison Birtwistle

In the end it doesn't matter what you do. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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It's the irrational things that interest me. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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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

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Music is such a problem in the time it takes. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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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

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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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