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Steve Reich at the Holland Festival, c. June 1976. Stephen Michael Reich ( / raɪʃ / RYSHE; [1] [2] born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who is known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. [3] [4] [5] Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons.
Find out the latest news, reviews and recordings of Steve Reich, the legendary minimalist composer and pioneer of musical innovation. Learn about his new works, such as Reich/Richter, Music for Ensemble and Orchestra, and Traveler's Prayer, and his upcoming festivals in Paris and the UK.
Steve Reich (born October 3, 1936, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American composer who was one of the leading exponents of Minimalism, a style based on repetitions and combinations of simple motifs and harmonies.
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Nov 2, 2022 · Steve Reich — one of our greatest living composers, with a recognizably pulsing sound and a place in the pantheon of Minimalist pioneers — recently turned 86.
Long Bio. Steve Reich has been called “the most original musical thinker of our time” ( The New Yorker) and “among the great composers of the century” ( The New York Times ). Starting in the 1960s, his pieces It’s Gonna Rain, Drumming, Music for 18 Musicians, Tehillim, Different Trains, and many others helped shift the aesthetic ...
Oct 9, 2016 · Fifty Years Of Steve Reich's 'It's Gonna Rain'. Reich began using words as a basis for music back in the 1960s, experimenting with tape recordings and manipulating their speed, as in his 1965 ...
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Feb 2, 2024 · Like all drummers, Steve Reich sometimes feels the urge to tap out a beat on a table-top. But Reich is also a composer — many believe him to be the greatest composer alive — with a vast mental ...
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