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Different Trains is a three- movement piece for string quartet and tape written by Steve Reich in 1988. Background. During World War II, Reich made train journeys between New York and Los Angeles to visit his parents, who had separated.
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Jul 30, 2023 · Electric Counterpoint is a minimalist composition by the American composer Steve Reich. The piece consists of three movements, "Fast," "Slow", and "Fast". Reich has offered two versions of the piece: one for electric guitar and tape (the tape part featuring two electric bass guitars and up to ten electric guitars), the other for an ensemble of ...
Mar 3, 1998 · Steve Reich & Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast On the Grammy-winning Different Trains, performed by Kronos Quartet, Reich evokes his American childhood during World War II while also addressing the Holocaust.
Electric Counterpoint is a minimalist composition by the American composer Steve Reich. The piece consists of three movements, "Fast," "Slow", and "Fast". Reich has offered two versions of the piece: one for electric guitar and tape (the tape part featuring two electric bass guitars and up to ten electric guitars), the other for an ensemble of ...
About the album. 1990 Grammy Award – Best Contemporary Composition (awarded to composer Steve Reich for Different Trains) New Music America Best New Music Award. From Steve Reich’s liner notes: “The concept for the piece came from my childhood. When I was one year old, my parents separated.