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Earle Brown
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Earle Brown (December 26, 1926, Lunenburg, Massachusetts – July 2, 2002, Rye, New York) was an American composer. Among his many innovations, he near-singlehandedly re-invigorated classical music with improvisation by establishing his own formal and notational systems.
Quotes
"Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the "given" material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control."
quoted in Classic Essays on Twentieth-Century Music, 0028645812
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Category:Composers from the United States
Category:2002 deaths
Category:Musicians from Massachusetts