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- In C is Riley’s most performed and recorded work. He wrote it in 1964.
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Riley's 1968 LP recording of In C as part of the CBS Records "Music of our Time" series. In C is a musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for an indefinite number of performers. He suggests "a group of about 35 is desired if possible but smaller or larger groups will work". [1]
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Aug 14, 2016 · TR: Right. The thing that allowed In C to happen for me was that I was familiar with this music of John Cage and a lot of European composers, such as Silvano Bussotti and Cornelius Cardew who were writing pieces down as instructions.
Jan 8, 2019 · I remember first encountering Terry Riley’s music as a university student — it came in the form of a single sheet: “In C” (1964). Looking at the little fragments scattered across the page, it felt exciting yet slightly worrying — would this work?
Jan 23, 2017 · Robert Carl in Terry Riley's In C. The story of the multimedia premiere inspired the 2015-2017 work "In Code" by a trio of Dutch artists, which incorporates a "lens" with some spellbinding generated visual textures. The lens accompanies their version of "In C" performed with harp and electronics.
Jan 14, 2010 · Was there any influence on In C of Riley’s works composed during the interim period, such as A Rainbow in Curved Air and Poppy Nogood’s Phantom Band, fruits of his loft concerts in New York? How had the work changed since its initial San Francisco performance in Riley’s mind and ear?
“Terry Riley’s In C is imprinted on my psyche. I was introduced to the original record by Steve Bartek while still in high school, in LA. I heard about this record that was not only in one key, but with the same notes repeated over and over, for two entire sides: I was immediately transfixed.
In C unquestionably belongs, to my mind at least, to the elite group of great elaborations of C tonality, including Bach's Overture No. 1, Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphony, Schubert's Cello Quintet, and the Sibelius Third and Seventh Symphonies.
