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It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a vcr than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony.
-Brian Ferneyhough
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Brian Ferneyhough
It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a vcr than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony.
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