David Del Tredici Quotes

• Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments.

  David Del Tredici

  Writing, Symphony, Musical

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• I've always been a composer dependent on texts.

  David Del Tredici

  Composer, Dependent

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• When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line.

  David Del Tredici

  People, Different, Orchestra

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• Well, American composers are the best composers. At this time in the world, we are where the energy is. We are the most diverse, the most iconoclastic, the most maverick, and the most skillful.

  David Del Tredici

  Energy, World, Composer

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• I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.

  David Del Tredici

  Writing, Groups, Composer

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