Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century. George Crumb More Quotes by George Crumb More Quotes From George Crumb If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries. George Crumb elements looks art Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse George Crumb proportion spiritual might Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today. George Crumb musical two years I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul George Crumb mirrors soul believe I am optimistic about the future of music. George Crumb optimistic Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and spiritual powers of music arise from deeper levels of our psyche. George Crumb levels spiritual interesting Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure. George Crumb resources diversity tasks The future will be the child of the past and the present, even if a rebellious child. George Crumb rebellious children past The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general. George Crumb sound war world Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system. George Crumb rhythm nervous elements One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. George Crumb musical historical past Unquestionably, our contemporary world of music is far richer, in a sense, than earlier periods, due to the historical and geographical extensions of culture to which I have referred. George Crumb historical culture world This is not a happy time for this kind of music in this country. George Crumb happy-times kind country It is easy to write unthinking music. George Crumb easy writing I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music. George Crumb rocks new-york talking I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures. George Crumb country culture people Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years. George Crumb writing years moving The rhythms of nature - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music. George Crumb bird wind water The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make. George Crumb gestures glances easy I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish. George Crumb determined littles
