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Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Gavin Bryars

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Gavin Bryars
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 16
Composer
Double-Bassist
Jazz Musician
Musicologist
Goole
East Riding of Yorkshire
Richard Gavin Bryars
Writing
Tonal
Century
Music

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