Robert Ashley — American Composer born on March 28, 1930,

Robert Ashley was an American composer, who was best known for his operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques... (wikipedia)

I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So I started working towards a kind of television kind of opera.
Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid.