A few years ago, I went to go hear George Crumb (of Black Angels fame) speak at the McPhail Institue in Minneapolis, and he talked for a full ten minutes about how Bartok had influenced him in most of his early work, and how he was finally coming around to it again. I was reminded of that today I stumbled across this gem earlier while surfing in my pajamas:
Compare and contrast comrades! (If you don't feel like listening to a convincing musical rendition of human violence, skip to about 1:33, where the influence becomes a bit more obvious.)
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