I really write for people.
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Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.John Eaton
I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.
John Eaton
I mean, the 7th, the flat 7th which approaches the 7th harmonic, very often comes off sounding like the cry of a frightened child.
John Eaton
But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world.
John Eaton
I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.
John Eaton
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
John Eaton
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