Steve Reich

Steve Reich

  • Birthday: 1936-10-03
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Stephen Michael Reich

Biography

Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Michael Reich. Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (for example, his early compositions It's Gonna Rain and Come Out), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, Pendulum Music and Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains. Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history".[6] The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

Production

Drums

2011

As Music

Riding Light

2015

As Music

Portraits

1972

As Music

Fase

2002

As Music

C.O.G.

2013

As Music

Rain

2014

As Music

The Dying Gaul

2005

As Music

Reich: Three Tales

2002

As Original Music Composer

Reich: Three Tales

2002

As Musician

Space Tourists

2010

As Music

Light Motif

2014

As Music

Puparia

2021

As Music

Shadow on the Snow

1992

As Original Music Composer

Plastic Haircut

1963

As Music

Papers

1991

As Music

Oh Dem Watermelons

1965

As Music

Regard de ma fenêtre

1974

As Music

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