Music
Despite his early studies in modernist techniques, Bennett's tastes are catholic. He has written in a wide range of styles, including jazz, which he has particular fondness for. Early on, he found success by writing music for feature films, although he considered this to be subordinate to his concert music.
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Sound all the lofty instruments of war,
And by that music let us all embrace,
For, heaven to earth, some of us never shall
A second time do such a courtesy.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)