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Debra Lynn's Compositional Journey

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Britten

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting... Continue Reading →

S. Copeland

Stewart Copeland (b. 1952) The critical factor that makes me a composer, and that you can't really be a composer without, is a river of music going through my head almost 24/7. It's just a fact of my life that... Continue Reading →

C. Schumann

Clara Schumann (1819-1896) There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it. My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life... Continue Reading →

Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. Too many pieces of music finish... Continue Reading →

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