Modern European composers…have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition of musical technique which has helped them put into musical terms a little more clearly the thoughts that originated here. They can express themselves more glibly.


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George Gershwin Quotes

Modern European composers…have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older...

Modern European composers…have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older...

Modern European composers…have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older...

Modern European composers…have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older...