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Pierre Schaeffer on Music

1910–1995 France

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Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.

Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the world of music.

I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.'

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pierre Schaeffer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.