“I would much rather have my piece played as a sandwich in between Haydn and Beethoven or Brahms and Stravinsky than between Mary Jane and John Doe … we’re writing music in a tradition, not the tradition, but a tradition,”

— Samuel Adler

SAMUEL ADLER: KNOWING WHAT YOU’RE DOING – New Music USA | https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/samuel-adler-knowing-what-youre-doing/