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I'll also attempt to not simply make a nice long list of all my favorite pieces & albums. The works that I think have had the greatest direct influence on my own composing are:
Bela Bartok- Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste Samuel Barber- Knoxville: Summer 1915 Dmitri Shostakovich- Quintet in G minor Opus 35 Leonard Bernstein- West Side Story Jaco Pastorius- Word of Mouth (complete album)
I really enjoy reading peoples responses to this question. Thanks for asking!
posted by Tom Myron
5:52 PM