Editing Pascal Dusapin (section)

===Musical form===
Dusapin rejects the hierarchical, binary forms of most European music, but neither is his music [[Aleatoric music|aleatory]]. Dusapin characterizes the European "hierarchical" form as thinking in terms of variations, so that certain parts are always of more importance than others.<ref>Stoïnova, "Febrile Music", 187.</ref> Instead of composing in this way, Dusapin seems to compose measure by measure, deciding what he wants to happen next when he gets there.<ref>See Dusapin's quotation on his compositional process in Stoïnova, "Febrile Music", 188.</ref> This process slightly alludes to the chance-like aspect of aleatory music, but Dusapin's music is so precisely composed that it cannot truly be aleatoric. Stoïnova writes, "With regard to Dusapin's music we can observe a principle of auto-organization and complexity in the compositional system through the integration or assimilation of aleatory disturbances."<ref name="Stoïnova, Febrile Music, 188">Stoïnova, "Febrile Music", 188.</ref> In other words, Dusapin lets the music go where it will, often evoking aleatory idioms, while still notating everything and maintaining control of his music. He avoids repetition and rejects stability and redundancy in music, which is yet another distinguishing feature of his music.<ref>Stoïnova, "Febrile Music", 190.</ref>