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The relationship of feminism to my work and the evolution of the form of my music are in violent flux.

— Beth Anderson Beth Anderson (1980)

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To make something beautiful is revolutionary (not low class, not easy, not a sign of low intelligence).

Beauty is Revolution (1980)

My own mystic bent leads me to believe that musical variations, collage, reiteration and process, or evolution, are beautiful. Life is worth living and beauty is worth making.

I used to be obsessed with this idea that odd numbers are masculine and even ones are feminine. So I wrote pieces that used even numbers, as in

What Makes Music Woman Oriented (1996)

Real music soars above class society.

Beauty is Revolution (1980)

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The emphasis of study upon a particular aspect of music is in itself ideological because it contains implications about the music's value.

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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Thomas Carlyle Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827)

Music has no subject beyond the combinations of notes we hear, for music speaks not only by means of sounds, it speaks nothing but sound.

Eduard Hanslick

Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges.

François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532)

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