I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.

far more likely to be known as the author of 'Who Cares if You Listen?' than as the composer of music to which you may or may not care to listen" (Babbitt 1991 17). New York: Recorded Anthology of American Music 1988. Philomel (Philomel Phonemena for soprano and piano Phonemena for soprano and tape Post-Partitions Reflections).

Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10 1916 – January 29 2011) was an American composer music theorist and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.