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When I am composing, the sounds are leading me to the way I want them to organize.
Pauline Oliveros
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Pauline Oliveros
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: May 30
Died: 2016
Died: November 24
Accordionist
Composer
Music Theorist
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University Teacher
Houston
Texas
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