A Quote by Pierre Schaeffer

First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.

Pierre Schaeffer

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Century Exhaustion Experienced First Forgetting Kind Look Many Me Music Musicians Outside Started Structures Surprise Surprise Me Traditional Traditional Music

Quote Author

Pierre Schaeffer
French - Composer
August 14, 1910 - August 19, 1995

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Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast.

Peter Drucker

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Ralph Stanley

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Stephen Harper

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Daniel Hope

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David Starkey

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Pat Roberts

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Krzysztof Penderecki

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