"I enjoy composing for the carillon as (there is) a likelihood my music will be played. Whereas with music composed for an orchestra, the likelihood is slim."
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Peter Olejar, quoted in Keep calm and carillon: a look inside carillonneur culture, Hyde Park Herald.
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