jgbritt@dasys1.UUCP (James G Britt) (08/11/89)
I like minimalist
music. However, the only composers I
know are Glass, Reich and Reilly.
Could anybody let me know of some
other composers and/or works?
Thank you!
James
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..!cmcl2!{ccnysci,cucard,hombre}!dasys1!jgbrittLove-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/14/89)
Really-From: strong@fluke.com (Norm Strong) In article <10478@dasys1.UUCP> you write: } } I like minimalist } music. However, the only composers I }know are Glass, Reich and Reilly. }Could anybody let me know of some }other composers and/or works? } Thank you! } James John Adams. In my opinion the best minimalist composer in the world. -- Norm (strong@tc.fluke.com)
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/15/89)
Really-From: alves%castor.usc.edu@usc.edu (William Alves) In article <10478@dasys1.UUCP> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: > > I like minimalist > music. However, the only composers I >know are Glass, Reich and Reilly. ^ Riley (i.e. Terry) >Could anybody let me know of some >other composers and/or works? > Thank you! > James How about . . . LaMonte Young, Harold Budd, David Hykes/Harmonic Choir, Ingram Marshall (sometimes), and Brian Eno for what I shall call " d r o n e" or "o v e r t o n e" music Daniel Lentz, John Adams (the stuff c.1975-86), Carl Stone perhaps for more of the "pattern pulse" Reich-ian stuff Paul Dresher, Chas Smith, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne for "cross-over" to/from popular genres that's off the top of my head right now minimally yours B i l l A l v e s
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/15/89)
Really-From: Geraint Wiggins <geraint%aipna.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK> Yes. If you want American-style minimalism you can go for John Adams and the early work of Andrew Poppy; Micheal Nyman also. For something a bit more European, try Arvo Part. Geraint -- Geraint A Wiggins | G.A.Wiggins@uk.ac.ed Department of Artificial Intelligence | G.A.Wiggins%ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk University of Edinburgh | Opinions are like noses: everyone has 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland | his/her own, and most smell...
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/17/89)
Really-From: 21329JM%MSU.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu Perhaps John Adams? Compositions include: Grand Pianola Music, Harmonium, Light Over Water, Harmonielehre, Shaker Loops, the opera Nixon in China.
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/23/89)
Really-From: portal!cup.portal.com!Henry_Burdett_Messenger@apple.com This is my first posting to this newsgroup -- let's see if my newsreader can handle it... In article <1211.3.2925.1> James G Britt writes: > I like minimalist > music. However, the only composers I > know are Glass, Reich and Reilly. > Could anybody let me know of some > other composers and/or works? > Thank you! > James One you probably haven't heard yet is David Borden. Let me quote from his liner notes: ...Incidentally, my own approach to repetative structures was influenced by Terry Riley's _In C_, NOT Steve Reich and Phil Glass as has been widely assumed by critics and audiences alike. I met both Steve and Phil in 1970 and was encouraged by their wonderful work. I think they were surprised to find that my work was so stylistically close to theirs at that time. The main difference was in sound was that mine was a synthesizer ensemble (Mother Mallard, formed in 1968)... He has at least three albums out: _Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments_ on Red Records _Migration_ on Cuneiform _The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Parts 9-12_ on Cuneiform All these records contain parts of his extended work "The Continuing Story of Counterpoint". - hbm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry B. Messenger henry_burdett_messenger@cup.portal.com Digital Equipment Corporation isn't responsible for anything I say on USENET "I do remember one thing. It took hours and hours, and by the time I was done with it, I was so involved I didn't know what to think."
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/24/89)
Really-From: klong@umd5.umd.edu (Kim Long) another minimalist composer is john adams. i came to know his work through a dance history course where i learned that he was responsible for several compositions used in early modern dance (1950's?????). anyways, i got some of his albums from the undergrad library here and found some interesting stuff. his music is percussive and he uses "treated piano" in several of the works. the hammers (?) are changed with the addition of metal objects or whatever he felt gave him the sound he desired and he plucks the strings inside instead of playing the keys. i apologize in advance if i have given some incorrect information. kim
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/24/89)
Really-From: klong@umd5.umd.edu (Kim Long) oh heck, i blew it! ch adams/cage!! sorry-i was out to lunch... kim
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/24/89)
Really-From: amdcad!tymix!ichinen!jdoskow@decwrl.dec.com (Jonathan Doskow) In article <5259@umd5.umd.edu> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: >Really-From: klong@umd5.umd.edu (Kim Long) > > > >another minimalist composer is john adams. whose most recent work, the opera Nixon in China, is quite excellent, though imperfect. The liner notes describe him as a "minimal minimalist" :-) He uses minimalist techniques but is far from limited to them. I first heard a fragment of NiC on the radio and thought, "Phil Glass (whose work I enjoy) has finally grown up." ============================================================================= "All that Mrs. Nixon says is true enough" Chou En-Lai Don't use Reply, use {world}!ames!oliveb!tymix!jdoskow Opinions expressed are those of the author. TYMNET/McDonnell Douglas is in no way responsible for the content of this posting. ============================================================================