I don't think there is much American music.
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: 'What are we going to do in five years' time?' A completely different attitude.
When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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