Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the housethe color of the slates and bricks the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and mortar of the house.
It has been said that if the opening phrase of a classical menuet can be fitted to the words Are you the OReilly who owns this hotel? then it was composed by Haydn; if they cant then it wasnt.
Composers shouldnt think too much – it interferes with their plagiarism.
Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the housethe color of the slates and bricks the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and mortar of the house.
It has been said that if the opening phrase of a classical menuet can be fitted to the words Are you the OReilly who owns this hotel? then it was composed by Haydn; if they cant then it wasnt.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.