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Pierre Schaeffer quotes: Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic.

The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: Sound is the vocabulary of nature.

Sound is the vocabulary of nature.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.

The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.

Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.

People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different ... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.

I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different ... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward.

The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward.

Pierre Schaeffer quotes: The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.

The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance.