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  1. Drumming is a piece by minimalist composer Steve Reich, dating from 19701971. [1] . Reich began composition of the work after a short visit to Ghana and observing music and musical ensembles there, especially under the Anlo Ewe master drummer Gideon Alorwoyie. His visit was cut short after contracting malaria.

  2. As mentioned earlier, in the context of my own music, Drumming is the final expansion and refinement of the phasing process, a process discovered with tape loops that does not appear elsewhere in non-Western or Western music. Drumming also has only one basic rhythmic pattern throughout.

  3. Catalogue Detail. Reich, Steve. Drumming. (1970-71) for voice and ensemble. Duration: 85' Scoring. Part1:4 pairs of tuned bongo drums (4 players) 25' Part2:3 marimbas,sop,alto,picc. (6 players) 26' Part3:3glsp,sop,alto,picc (6 players) 16' Part4:4pairs of tuned bongos, 3 marimbas,3glsp,sop,alto,picc,whistling (12 players) 19'

  4. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 CD release of "Drumming" on Discogs.

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  5. CLASSICAL · 1987. Preview. Steve Reich is the master of minimalism, but his seminal composition Drumming, written at the start of the '70s, took his title to a new level. The piece is played exclusively on percussion (plus human voices); Reich wrote it after going to Ghana and soaking up some of the musical traditions there, as both the ...

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  8. Drumming [1987] by Steve Reich, Steve Reich & Musicians released in 1988. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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