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Steve Reich

Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Michael Reich. Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (for example, his early compositions It's Gonna Rain and Come Out), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, Pendulum Music and Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains. Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history".[6] The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steve Reich - City Life

1 January 1995

Michael Nyman in Progress

8 October 2010

Plastic Haircut

1 March 1963

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

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Steve Reich: A New Musical Language

9 June 1987

Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

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BAM150

27 April 2012

In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde

3 June 2009

Steve Reich: Phase to Face

22 February 2011

Reich at the Roxy

13 June 2006