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- This article is about the American composer. For information on the U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, see Steve Reich (Army).
Steve Reich (born Stephen Michael Reich, October 3, 1936) is an American composer. Reich is known as one of the pioneers of minimalism, although he sometimes deviates from a purely minimalist style. Ideas that Reich has developed include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (such as in his first works, It's Gonna Rain, Come Out); and using processes to create and explore musical concepts (Pendulum Music, Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures and phasing effects, have been a major influence in contemporary American music as well as contemporary music as a whole; The Guardian has described Reich as one of the few composers to have "altered the direction of musical history".
Early life and work
While Reich was born in New York, his childhood years were split between divorced parents in New York and California. He was given piano lessons as a child and describes growing up with the "middle-class favorites", having no exposure to music written before 1750 or after 1900. At the age of 14 he began to study music in earnest, after hearing music from the Baroque period and earlier as well as music of the 20th century, and began studying drums with Roland Koloff in order to play jazz. His college years were spent at Cornell, where he took some music courses but graduated (in 1957) with a B.A. in philosophy. (Reich's B.A. thesis was on Ludwig Wittgenstein; later he would set text by the philosopher to music in Proverb (1990) and You Are (variations) (2004).) More on [ Steve Reich ]
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Great simile! RT @whygreenberg: Is Steve Reich's "Four Organs" the best Christmas music ever or what?? It's like church + sleigh-ride. #fb
CliftonWiens (Clifton Wiens) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:39:41 -0000
Great simile! RT @whygreenberg: Is Steve Reich's "Four Organs" the best Christmas music ever or what?? It's like church + sleigh-ride. #fb
Is Steve Reich's "Four Organs" the best Christmas music ever or what?? It's like church + sleigh-ride. #fb
whygreenberg (Yvan Greenberg) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:52:04 -0000
Is Steve Reich's "Four Organs" the best Christmas music ever or what?? It's like church + sleigh-ride. #fb
got some awesome gifts this morning! a few faves - Book of Basketball, Man on Wire DVD, King of Kong DVD, Steve Reich "Drumming" CDs!
jtsaftershock (Jonathan Sims) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:56:35 -0000
got some awesome gifts this morning! a few faves - Book of Basketball, Man on Wire DVD, King of Kong DVD, Steve Reich "Drumming" CDs!
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Steve Reich - Official site. Biography, news, discography, works, articles, concerts, sound files, and Three Tales a documentary digital video.
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A Talk with Steve Reich - Detailed, illustrated conversation with Christopher Abbot, originally published by Fanfare Magazine.
An Interview with Steve Reich - Transcript from the Minnesota Public Radio program American Mavericks involving a conversation with Gabrielle Zuckerman.
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In The First Person: Steve Reich - Interview by Richard Kessler of the American Music Center.
Mendel Lee: Steve Reich - Impressions of Reich.
Steve Reich - Includes list of works, bibliography, and pictures.
Steve Reich - Article that originally appeared in EST #3, and also appears in slightly different form in Roger Sutherland's book, New Perspectives in Music
Steve Reich - Biography, compositions, recordings, and Writings on Music 1965-2000 from Howard Stokar Management.
Steve Reich - Detailed biography, photograph, links, and recommended recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
Steve Reich - Filmography information noting his compositional and writing credits with biographical information from the Internet Movie Database.
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Steve Reich - Wikipedia entry with detailed biographical and musicological information including notable works, links, and internal references to related people and topics.
Steve Reich - Interview from 1999 by Marc Weidenbaum focusing on the album Reich Remixed. Published in Disquiet in 2004.
Steve Reich - Analysis and commentary by persussionist Malcolm Ball including Reich's influence on his own work.
Steve Reich - Comments on his life and works, particularly Three Movements for Orchestra, from James Wierzbicki.
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Steve Reich Interview - From broadcast of radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Real Audio RAM format, 28.8k and ISDN speeds.
Steve Reich: Early Tape Pieces - Conversation with Jason Gross which grew out of research for the book OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music. Includes photograph.
Steve Reich: Minimalism - Excerpt from a 1993 book by Edward Strickland focusing on this defining aspect of his work.
Steve Reich: Violin Phase - Flash-powered illustration of an excerpt showing overlapping audio signals.
Talking Music: Steve Reich - Conversation with William Duckworth excerpted from a Schirmer book.
Time and Motion: An Interview with Steve Reich - Conversation with Robert Davidson about music and morals, Three Tales, Triple Quartet, Tehillim, The Cave and other works plus minimalism, composing, and the creative process.
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