Steve Reich: A Lasting Influence

Steve Reich and Young, Riley and Glass, Steve Reich are exalting names in the formation of American minimalist music (Mertens, 11). Through the 1960's, these composers have expanded the boundaries of music by combining elements of classical music, jazz, rock / pop music, world music. Steve Reich was born in New York on October 3, 1936. His parents divorced immediately, leaving the empire commuting between New York and California by passenger train. Reich said that the sound of the wheels on the train track served to develop his strong rhythmic feeling when he was very young (Ross, 541).

Eno noticed the influence that Steve Reich had on his creative music, "It is true that most of my interests are directly influenced by Steve Reich 's video in the 1960' s. Brian Eno emphasizes his influence by looking back on the performances of the Royal College of Art, Philippe, Glass Ensemble in 1970. This is one of my most wonderful music experiences in my life. It is like a concrete thick absolute amount and repeatedly for me it is like a sticky bathtub of pure and dense energy He was said to be a minimalist but in fact I have heard it It is the most detailed. One of the music, this is all complex and exotic overtones (Shepard 63-64).

Since the premiere of Steve Reich in 1976, since the premiere of the minimalist masterpiece "music of 18 musicians", its influence has been transferred from the founder King Crimson to a healthy sailor Brian Eno, It ran into the goddess SUJJAN STEVENS. Please leave it to Madison 's avant - garde classic sound, Sound Out Loud, including local multi - instrumental and producer Brian Grimm, including the world' s flute player Iva Ugri. It works. Please have a wonderful outdoor performance. Sound Out Loud cleverly orchestrates among the various pianos, bells, woodwind instruments, string instruments, dense green, multi rhythm, and dynamic interactions, an orchestra (probably consisting of 18 musicians) I will set it up. Other people gradually change shape and outline. - Joel Shanahan

Electric Counterpoint is a minimalist work by American composer Steve Reich. There are three movements in this work: "fast", "slow" and "fast". Reich offers two versions. One is for electric guitar and tape (the tape part is equipped with two electric bass guitars and up to ten electric guitars) and a guitar ensemble. It was first recorded by guitarist Pat Metheny in 1987 and was released in Nonesuch 's 979 176 - 2 with Reich' s Different Trains played by Kichos Quartet. Metheny did a lot of dubbing at the studio and recorded the work. A guitarist who wants to play this song can use Metheny's prerecorded ensemble section or you can record your part and add a thirteenth guitar section to the live performance. In 2007, Forestare of the guitar ensemble recorded for the first time a second edition which is not well-known at ATMA Classique.