But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world.
John Eaton
I really write for people.
people
We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.
life
We need to have as broad a range as possible, because life itself has that kind of range.
Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.
thetimes time
In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed.
music experience
I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.
action music
vision sound music
However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.
faults music
I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.
music
If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part.
The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz.
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.
trouble
I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window.
technology enemies
I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.
sound
What's important for me is to communicate the vision that I have in sound with the audience that's hearing it.
vision sound
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