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Harrison Birtwistle
British
July 15, 1934
Composer
I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Music
Knew
Wrote
I don't think there is much American music.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Music
Think
Much
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Very
Works
Theatre
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Many
Different
Story
When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
Harrison Birtwistle
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Music
Never
Make
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
Harrison Birtwistle
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About
Than
Come
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
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Change
You
Like
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
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Music
Relationship
Been
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
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Work
Just
Up
