Octet music for a large ensemble violin phase, par chlinsimbe steve reich and musicians, ecm records, 1980. Under its original title, octet, the work was commissioned by the hessischer rundfunk radio frankfurt and completed in april 1979. See more ideas about steve reich, music and 20th century music. Come out was the end of my working with tape, but it was the start of my taking the principle of phasing discovered with it and applying it to live musicians, reich says.
Steve reich, byname of stephen michael reich, born october 3, 1936, new york, new york, u. Steve reich clapping music for two performers 1972 directions for performance the number of repeats is fixed at 12 repeats per bar. In music for a large ensemble 1978 and octet 19792, the compositional techniques. This is steve reichs minimalist work octet composed in 1979, later rescored as eight lines in 1983. He majored in philosophy at cornell university 195357 and then studied composition at the. Octet play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Eight lines octet 1979 steve reich bang on a can new york counterpoint, eight lines, four organs. Steve reich octet music for a large ensemble violin. The duration of the piece should be approximately 5 minutes. See more ideas about steve reich, sound waves and waves wallpaper. Composer steve reich uses those words to evoke the bright and yet terribly dark september day a decade ago. Rehearsals of octet with san francisco musicians, many of whom had played the work under john adams, and san jose state university faculty were scheduled on a friday.
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See new and popular steve reich songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Steve reich eight lines download free sheet music and scores. See more ideas about steve reich, classical music and music. Eight lines octet steve reich free download as pdf file. From the festival minimalisms open day onassis cultural center march 6th 2016 anargyros deniosos concept artistic director andreas. Steve reichs different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988, is widely recognised as one of the most significant musical compositions of the last thirty years. One of the more influential works for me, the cover for the album that bears the recording of octet by. Steve reich sheet music free download in pdf or midi on.