David Tudor
David Tudor
David Eugene Tudorwas an American pianist and composer of experimental music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth20 January 1926
CountryUnited States of America
David Tudor quotes about
made should disposable
Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.
performing persist
I persist in performing.
accepting situation ifs
If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.
principles filters needs
Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner.
cooking together temperature
Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.
taste willing
I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.
lines input ordinary
Take the classic experiment of using ordinary feedback: just take the output of something and feed it back into the input. Those of us who do that have had really rich experiences. And it is obvious that that line of experimentation can continue.
unique should-have ideas
The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.
alive pieces composition
I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.
able sound computer
I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.