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25 quotes by Gavin Bryars

Richard Gavin Bryars (/ˈɡævɪn braɪərz/; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism.
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I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a... →

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Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking the... →

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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out.... →

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It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their... →

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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

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The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.

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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

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There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

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Craft is part of the creative process.

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I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

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I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

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I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

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