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David Del Tredici Quotes

David Del Tredici Quotes & Quotations
Name:
David Del Tredici
Type:
Composer
Nationality:
American
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    A maverick feels like he has no choice however difficult his choice of expression. In my case, it was going backwards into tonality. It seemed so wrong. The idea that progress is going into the past in a new way is very strange, even though there are precedents. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici
  • 2
    Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici
  • 3
    I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici
  • 4
    I've always been a composer dependent on texts. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici
  • 5
    Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici
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    When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line. David-Del-TrediciDavid Del Tredici