Now, what we are not talkin... by Leo Ornstein, an American Composer

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“Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.”

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Leo Ornstein

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Name: Leo Ornstein

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 2, 1892

Date of Death: Feb 24, 2002

Profession: Composer

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Because essentially Schoenberg was an extremely gifted man. And in spite of many of his theories and so on, when he really began to write music, he still was guided very much by his internal hearing, by what we call your internal ear.

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