STEVE REICH
STEVE REICH
Genres: minimalism, contemporary classical, experimental, Avant-Garde, Classical
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About STEVE REICH
Stephen Michael Reich (pronounced RYSHE; born October 3, 1936 in New York City) is an American composer. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. Reich's innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (examples are his early compositions, "It's Gonna Rain" and "Come Out"), and the use of processes to create and explore musical concepts (for instance, "Pendulum Music" and ""Four Organs"). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures and phasing effects, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially that of his country. The Guardian has described Reich as one of the few composers to have "altered the direction of musical history." Reich often cites Pérotin, J.S. Bach, Debussy and Stravinsky as composers he admires, whose tradition he wished as a young composer to become part of. Jazz is a major part of the formation of Reich's musical style, and two of the earliest influences on his work were vocalists Ella Fitzgerald and Alfred Deller, whose emphasis on the artistic capabilities of the voice alone with little vibrato or other alteration was an inspiration to his earliest works. John Coltrane's style, which Reich has described as "playing a lot of notes to very few harmonies", also had an impact; of particular interest was the album "Africa/Brass", which "was basically a half-an-hour in F." Reich's influence from jazz includes its roots, also, from the West African music he studied in his readings and visit to Ghana. Other important influences are Kenny Clarke and Miles Davis, and visual artist friends such as Sol Lewitt and Richard Serra. Reich's music is published by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, www.boosey.com/reich. Steve Reich won the Polar prize in 2007.
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STEVE REICH — Top 30 songs of 147
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Steve Reich | New York Counterpoint | ||
| Steve Reich | Music for Mallet Instruments | ||
| Steve Reich | Tehillim (Part I) | ||
| Steve Reich | Tehillim Part I Fast | ||
| Steve Reich | Electric Counterpoint (Part III) | ||
| Steve Reich | Three Movements (Part I) | ||
| Steve Reich | Section IIIA | ||
| Steve Reich | Section V | ||
| Steve Reich | Section VII | ||
| Steve Reich | The Desert Music - Third Movement; Part One (Slow) | ||
| Steve Reich | Pulses | ||
| Steve Reich | Reich: Music For 18 Musicians | ||
| Steve Reich | Reich: Music For 18 Musicians | ||
| Steve Reich | Piano Phase | ||
| Steve Reich | Section VI | ||
| Steve Reich | Reed Phase | ||
| Steve Reich | The Desert Music (Part II) | ||
| Steve Reich | Music For 18 Musicians (Excerpt) | ||
| Steve Reich | Electric Counterpoint | ||
| Steve Reich | After The War | ||
| Steve Reich | Nagoya Marimbas | ||
| Steve Reich | The Desert Music - Third Movement; Part Three (Slow) | ||
| Steve Reich | Section IIIB | ||
| Steve Reich | Section IV | ||
| Steve Reich | America | ||
| Steve Reich | Different Trains (Part I) | ||
| Steve Reich | Different Trains | ||
| Steve Reich | Eight Lines | ||
| Steve Reich | Four Organs | ||
| Steve Reich | Four Organs (2002 Digital Remaster) |