If Nothing Is At Risk, Nothing Is

Composers Dialogue - And Obsessively, Bitterly Argue - With Other Composers, Often Over The Span Of Several Centuries.

So: We're All Tired. Now What? Manuscripts Written In Club Med?

When I Left Europe In 1987 I Did So With The Thought That My Relevance As A Composition Teacher Would Benefit From A Certain Cool Distance To Certain Tendencies I Had Been Observing For Several Years With Increasing Disquiet.

I Suppose That The Scope And Implications Of Such Forces Have Rendered My Personal Accounting Ritual Pretty Much Obsolete. That's How Things Sometimes Go.

It Is Still True That It Is Easier To Compose A Poem In The Form Of A Manual For Adjusting A Vcr Than It Is To Write A Piece Using Just Tuning As A Symphony.