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American Music’s “Elder Statespeople” Comment on the Future of Music

By NewMusicBox Staff on March 1, 2000No Comment
Henry Brant Henry Brant
“…Genuine indigenous music worldwide is disappearing…”
Marian McPartland Marian McPartland
“…I can’t think of playing music and not including something by Dizzy Gillespie or Thelonious Monk or Wayne Shorter…”
George Perle George Perle
“…I have been offered 100 words to reply to the question, “What is the future of music?” but I need only three…”
George Rochberg George Rochberg
“…Surfaces keep changing, never substrata…”

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