Articles tagged "steve reich"

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Maximum minimalism

by David Patrick Stearns [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[3.Sep.08] :. Contradictory as it sounds, minimalist music is arriving in an avalanche this fall. But since minimalism is, by definition, minimal, one envisions creatures from some musical Lilliput engulfing...

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Sound Unbound by Paul D. Miller (editor), Steve Reich (Introduction)

by Erika Nanes

[9.Jun.08] :. One contribution to the collection is a discussion of Keith’s sonic portrait, "Sexmachines", a triptych based on multiple recordings of the sounds made by a vibrator, a dildo, and an anal plug.

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Steve Reich: Daniel Variations

by Zach Schonfeld

[7.May.08] :. The acclaimed minimalist composer’s concept piece inspired by slain journalist Daniel Pearl is just as baffling in execution as it is in theory.

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More recent works can give classics just the right spin

by Tom Strini [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[5.Sep.07] :. My haphazard introduction to Western art music (also known as classical music) came outside my childhood home, where such music was alien. My fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Sellers, was a fan. He played...

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Column: Variations on a Theme

The Sounds of Now: Steve Reich and the Transmogrification of the Banal

by Chadwick Jenkins

[8.Aug.07] :. As human beings, interpretive animals that attempt to navigate the world by coming to some sort of "understanding" of it, we are addicted to purpose.

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Steve Reich: Triple Quartet

by Matt Eberhart

[15.Oct.01] :. Steve Reich’s compositional genius and influence over contemporary music—especially over recent developments in electronic music—have established him as a living legend. Perfecting...

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