Billy Sheehan
American bassist
Earle Brown
American composer (1926-2002)
Earle Brownwas an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems. Brown was the creator of “open form,” a style of musical construction that has influenced many composers since–notably the downtown New York scene of the 1980sand generations of younger composers.
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Earle Brownwas an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems. Brown was the creator of “open form,” a style of musical construction that has influenced many composers since–notably the downtown New York scene of the 1980sand generations of younger composers.
Among his most famous works are December 1952, an entirely graphic score, and the open form pieces Available Forms I & II, Centering, and Cross Sections and Color Fields. He was awarded a Foundation for Contemporary Arts John Cage Award (1998).
4 Quotes by Earle Brown
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
Earle BrownAmerican composer (1926-2002)
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Cage’s Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the “given” material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
Earle BrownAmerican composer (1926-2002)
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What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer… the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
Earle BrownAmerican composer (1926-2002)
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There is no music that can’t be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
Earle BrownAmerican composer (1926-2002)