Gavin Bryars

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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What was once underground is now coming to the surface. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

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