When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then.
I don't think events in your life affect your music. - Gordon Getty
I don't think events in your life affect your music.
- Gordon Getty
I just have to take my chances like any other composer. - Gordon Getty
I just have to take my chances like any other composer.
My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals. - Gordon Getty
My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.
Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much. - Gordon Getty
Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.
My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman. - Gordon Getty
My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.
Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or an… - Gordon Getty
Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or an…
Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its… - Gordon Getty
Ive managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. Its…
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, a… - Gordon Getty
When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, a…
I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing. - Gordon Getty
I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.
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