Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

I am certain that most composers today would consider today's music to be rich, not to say confusing, in its enormous diversity of styles, technical procedures, and systems of esthetics.

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

I must confess, my Spanish is not so good - except I read a little, so I started with the English but then determined that it would have to be in Spanish.