Earle Brown
Earle Brown
Earle Brownwas an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems. Brown was the creator of open form, a style of musical construction that has influenced many composers since—notably the downtown New York scene of the 1980sand generations of younger composers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth26 December 1926
CountryUnited States of America
healthy needs culture
I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the need for continuity.
lying hands two
What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
political creation used
There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.
art cages degrees
Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the given material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control.
reflection numbers generosity
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.