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458. 243K views 16 years ago. Clapping Music (1972) was Steve Reich's attempt to write a piece of music requiring nothing but the human body -- two performers that hand-clap.
Clapping Music - Steve Reich. It's as simple as a rhythmic duet for two musicians - or is it? Steve Reich explains the motivation behind his deceptively challenging flamenco-inspired canon, Clapping Music. Composer: Steve Reich. Piece: Clapping Music. Date written: 1972.
May 11, 2022 · It allowed Reich to move on from what he called in a 1968 essay “music as a gradual process” and develop new ideas. But 50 years after its creation, it’s clear that Clapping Music is more than a significant work in a single composer’s career. It’s minimalist music at its most organic; a pinnacle of the aesthetic in its initial form.
Oct 3, 2016 · This video, handily put together by YouTuber gerubach, shows the exact relationship between to the two phasing parties: Make sure you applaud at the end. Steve Reich’s seminal percussion work ‘Clapping Music’ has a justified reputation as one of the most influential works of the 20th century.
If you try this out, you'll find it's not so easy. It's also not so easy to tell, just listening, that the two performers are clapping the same rhythm, more or less out of step, in each section. About the composer - Steve Reich (born 1936) All of Steve Reich's music has to do with repeating patterns that, as they go on repeating, gradually change.
68. Published: October 2004. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. This chapter presents Reich's account of composing Clapping Music. Clapping Music was composed out of a desire to create a piece of music that would need no instruments at all beyond the human body.
Jul 9, 2015 · 3.44K subscribers. 406. 75K views 8 years ago. A new game based on Steve Reich’s iconic Clapping Music let's anyone improve their rhythm “In 1972 I composed a piece called Clapping...
