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Stephen Michael Reich (/ r aɪ ʃ / RYSHE; [1] [2] better-known as Steve Reich, 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.
Steve Reich is a living legend in the world of contemporary classical music. As a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1960s, his works have become central to the musical landscape worldwide, influencing generations of younger musicians, choreographers and visual artists.
Aug 3, 2024 · Steve Reich, American composer who was one of the leading exponents of Minimalism, a style based on repetitions and combinations of simple motifs and harmonies. His inspirations included American vernacular music, notably jazz. Learn more about Reich’s life and career, including his notable works.
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 center of ...
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.
Apr 14, 2016 · In 1964, Steve Reich recorded a street preacher's speech, took a razor to the tape, looped samples on two machines — and changed music forever. Today he joins Shad to discuss his decades-long...
Oct 9, 2016 · Steve Reich is a quintessential New Yorker. He's a fast talker. He's usually dressed in all black, his outfit always topped off by a baseball cap. And he vividly remembers how much Sept. 11...
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