Writings on Music Reich Steve
Writings on Music Reich Steve In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. Throughout his career, Reich has…
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Writings on Music Reich Steve
In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. Throughout his career, Reich has continued to reinvigorate the music world, drawing from a wide array of classical, popular, sacred, and non-western idioms. These early works, characterized by a relentless pulse and static harmony, focused single-mindedly on the process of gradual rhythmic change.
These 64 short pieces include Reich's 1968 essay Music as a Gradual Process, widely considered one of the most influential pieces of music theory in the second half of the 20th century. His works reflect the steady evolution of an original musical mind.Writings on Music documents the creative journey of this thoughtful, groundbreaking composer. Subsequent essays, articles, and interviews treat Reich's early work with tape and phase shifting, showing