I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on. (Richard Rodney Bennett)

I hated teaching composition. I was playing music I didn't particularly want to play, being on committees I didn't want to be on.

Richard Rodney Bennett

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