It is not possible, given a... by Earle Brown, an American Composer

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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.”

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Earle Brown

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Name: Earle Brown

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 26, 1926

Date of Death: Jul 2, 2002

Profession: Composer

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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