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Writings on Music, 1965-2000

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ISBN-10: 0195151151

ISBN-13: 9780195151152

Edition: 2002

Authors: Steve Reich, Paul Hillier, Paul Hillier

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In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. These early works, characterized by a relentless pulse and static harmony, focused single-mindedly on the process of gradual rhythmic change. Throughout his career, Reich has continued to reinvigorate the music world, drawing from a wide array of classical, popular, sacred, and non-western idioms. His works reflect the steady evolution of an originalmusical mind. Writings on Music documents the creative journey of this thoughtful, groundbreaking composer. These 64 short pieces include Reich's 1968 essay "Music as a Gradual Process," widely considered one of…    
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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Writings on Music
Author's Preface
Editor's Preface
Introduction
Early Works (1965-68)
Excerpts from an Interview in Art Forum
Music as a Gradual Process (1968)
Wavelength by Michael Snow (1968)
The Phase Shifting Pulse Gate-four Organs-phase Patterns-an End to Electronics (1968-70)
Some Optimistic Predictions (1970) About the Future of Music
First Interview with Michael Nyman (1970)
Gahu-a Dance of the Ewe Tribe in Ghana (1971)
Drumming (1971)
Clapping Music (1972)
Postscript to a Brief Study of Balinese and African Music (1973)
Notes on Music and Dance (1973)
Six Pianos (1973)
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ (1973)
Steve Reich and Musicans (1973)
Music and Performance (1969-74; 1993)
Videotape and a Composer (1968)
Dachau, 1974 by Beryl Korot
Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
Second Interview with Michael Nyman (1976)
Music for a Large Ensemble (1978)
Octet (1979)
Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards (1979)
Tehillim (1981)
Hebrew Cantillation as an Influence on Composition (1982)
Vermont Counterpoint (1982)
Eight Lines (1983)
The Desert Music (1984)
The Desert Music-steve Reich in Conversation with Jonathan Cott (1984)
Sextet (1985)
New York Counterpoint (1985)
Three Movements (1986)
Tenney (1986)
Texture-space-survival (1987)
The Four Sections (1987)
Electric Counterpoint (1987)
Non-Western Music and the Western Composer (1988)
Different Trains (1988)
Chamber Music-an Expanded View (1989)
Questionnaire (1989)
On the Size and Seating of an Orchestra (1990)
Aaron Copland (1990)
John Cage (1992)
Kurt Weill, the Orchestra, and Vocal Style-an Interview with K. Robert Schwarz (1992)
The Cave
Jonathan Cott Interviews Beryl Korot and Steve Reich on the Cave (1993)
Thoughts About the Madness in Abraham's Cave (1994) Steve Reich and Beryl Korot
Answers to Questions About Different Trains (1994)
Duet (1994)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994)
The Future of Music for the Next 150 Years (1994)
Beautiful /ugly (1994)
Sch�nberg (1995)
City Life (1995)
Proverb (1995)
Music and Language (1996)
Feldman (1997)
Berio (1997)
Three Tales (1998-2002) Steve Reich and Beryl Korot
Triple Quartet (1999)
Know What is Above You (1999)
Two Questions About Opera (1999)
Ligeti (2000)
De Keersmaeker, Kylian, and European Dance (2000)
Steve Reich in Conversation with Paul Hillier (2000)
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Bibliography
Index