John Corigliano

Composer

1938-02-16

Quotes by John Corigliano

• The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge.

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• The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.

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