Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt
Milton Byron Babbittwas an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth10 May 1916
CountryUnited States of America
Milton Babbitt quotes about
almost boundaries electronic future guarantee infinite music obvious quite resources seems shifted unique
As for the future of electronic music, it seems quite obvious to me that its unique resources guarantee its use, because it has shifted the boundaries of music away from the limitations of the acoustical instrument, of the performer's coordinating capabilities, to the almost infinite limitations of the electronic instrument.
perception doors-of-perception humans
The new limitations are the human ones of perception.
media withdrawal world
I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.