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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

Source: Music and Imagination, Harvard 52
-- Aaron Copland, (Nov 14 1900-1990), US composer; He was one of America's best-known composers whose works include Billy the Kid, 1938 and the Pulitzer-winning Appalachian Spring, 1944.

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