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His partitioning of the octave in the first ten bars places Varèse with Scriabin and the Schoenberg circle among the revolutionary composers whose work initiates the beginning of a new mainstream tradition in the music of our century.
— George Perle
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Source: Wikiquote: "George Perle" (Quotes, The Listening Composer: The edition cited here is The Listening Composer (University of California Press, 1990) .)
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About George Perle
George Perle (May 6, 1915 – January 23, 2009) was a composer and music theorist.
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