Encyclopedia - Minimalist Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalist Music - Brief History
The word "minimalism" was first used in relation to music in 1968 by Michael Nyman in a review of Cornelius Cardew's piece The Great Dige...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Glass - Life And Work
Philip Glass - Beginnings education and influences. Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland as the son of Jewish immigrants from the Ukra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music: Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music
In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. In the context of classical music the term appli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Glass - Works
Philip Glass - Works for the Philip Glass Ensemble. 600 Lines (1967) Music in Fifths (1969) Music in Similar Motion (1969) Music with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Glass: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Glass - Selected Discography
Philip Glass - Minimalist works. Music in Twelve Parts, Parts 1&2 (Virgin, 1974) Music in Similar Motion/ Music in Fifths/ Two Pag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music
20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia - 1970s
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Modernism
Main article: Modernism Modernism is the name given to a series of movements (See Modernism) arising out of the idea that the 20th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalism - Minimalism In Visual Art
A minimalist painting, for example, will typically use a limited number of colors, and have a simple geometric design. Minimalist sculptu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Contemporary Classical Music - Movements In Contemporary Music
Contemporary classical music - Modernism. Main article: Modernism (music) Many of the key figures of the high modern movement are alive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - Culture During The Seventies
1970s - Emerging social perspectives in the Seventies. In the wake of the 1960s many of the social dimenisions and perspectives towards...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Contemporary Classical Music - Movements In Contemporary Music
Contemporary classical music - Modernism. Main article: Modernism (music) Many of the key figures of the high modern movement are alive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalism - Literary Minimalism
Literary minimalism is characterized by an economy with words. Minimalist authors eschew adverbs and prefer allowing context to dictate m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Contemporary Classical Music - History
In the early part of the 20th century contemporary music included modernism, the twelve tone technique, atonality, unresolved and greater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - National Issues
1970s - In the Middle East. Political authoritarianism in Arab and Middle Eastern states, combined with the occupation of the West Bank...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contemporary Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Contemporary Classical Music - History
In the early part of the 20th century contemporary music included modernism, the twelve tone technique, atonality, unresolved and greater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - The 1980s
Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of political themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - Influence
Reich's style of composition has influenced many other composers and musical groups, including Philip Glass (especially his early pieces)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - New Directions
In 1993, Reich collaborated with his wife, the video artist Beryl Korot, on an opera, The Cave, which explores the roots of Judaism, Chri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - Process Music And Minimalism
Early on, Reich was influenced by fellow minimalist Terry Riley. Riley's loosely structured aleatoric work In C combines simple musical p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - Reich On Himself
"[...] I drove a cab in San Francisco, and in New York I worked as a part-time social worker. Phil Glass and I had a moving company for a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Reich: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Reich - The 1970s
Four Organs (1970) deals specifically with augmentation, and was based on a piece written in 1967, Slow Motion Sound, which was more of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Electronic Music
Main article: Electronic art music Technological advances in the 20th century enabled composers to use electronic means of producing soun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - Social Movements
1970s - Environmentalism. The seventies touched off a mainstream affirmation of the environmental issues early activists from the '60s,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - Economy Of The Seventies
The developed economies of the world, the 1970s adversely distinguished itself from the prosperous postwar period between 1945 and 1969. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - Worldwide Trends In The Seventies
The ethos of the 1970s emerged from a transition of the global social structure. It reflected the transition from the decline of colonial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalism - Minimalist Design
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture wherein the subject is reduced to its necessary elements....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1970s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1970s - National Issues
1970s - In the Middle East. Political authoritarianism in Arab and Middle Eastern states, combined with the occupation of the West Bank...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Romantic Style
Particularly in the early part of the century, many composers wrote music which was an extension of 19th century Romantic music. Harmony,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalism - Musical Minimalism
In classical music of the last 35 years, the term minimalism is sometimes applied to music which displays some or all of the following fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Post-modern Music
20th century classical music - Post-modernity's birth. Post-modernity can be said to be a response to modernism which asserts that the ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Viii - M
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalist Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalist Music - Minimalist Composers
Early minimalists include: David Behrman Gavin Bryars Cornelius Cardew Tony Conrad Jon Gibson Philip Glass Terry Jennings Petr Kotik (bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalist Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalist Music - Minimalist Style In Music
The most identifiable traits of minimalism in music are the use of repeated motivic fragments, presented unaltered in themselves or in sl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minimalist Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Minimalist Music - Critical Reception Of Minimalism
Minimalist music - Criticisms of minimalism. Minimalist music has been controversial from its inception, and criticisms have been level...   » Read the article