Reich, Steve R Composers Composition

Reich, Steve R Composers Composition

Reich, Steve

A minimalist composer of percussion music, Steve Reich was born in New York 1936 and raised there and in California.

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- Official site. Biography, news, discography, works, articles, concerts, sound files, and "Three Tales" a documentary digital video.

- Analysis of the work including philisophical discussion of time, description of minimal music, and analysis of text, strings, and train whistles, with historical background of the Holocaust.
- From broadcast of radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Real Audio RAM format, 28.8k and ISDN speeds.
- BBC Music profile of one of the founders of the minimalist movement. Biography, recommended listening and reading, audio clips and web links.
- Excerpt from a 1993 book by Edward Strickland focusing on this defining aspect of his work.
- Detailed, illustrated conversation with Christopher Abbot, originally published by Fanfare Magazine.
- Transcript from the Minnesota Public Radio program American Mavericks involving a conversation with Gabrielle Zuckerman.
- Conversation with William Duckworth excerpted from a Schirmer book.
- Conversation with Jason Gross which grew out of research for the book OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music. Includes photograph.
- Flash-powered illustration of an excerpt showing overlapping audio signals.
- Conversation with Robert Davidson about music and morals, Three Tales, Triple Quartet, Tehillim, The Cave and other works plus minimalism, composing, and the creative process.
- Interview by Richard Kessler of the American Music Center.
- Impressions of Reich.

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