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| Composer | Reich, Steve (b. 1936) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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LondonSteve Reich at 90: London Sinfonietta & Jonny Greenwood
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London Sinfonietta; Chloe Rooke; Jonny Greenwood; Royal Academy of Music students
GatesheadSteve Reich at 90: Radio Rewrite
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Royal Northern Sinfonia; Colin Currie
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Steve Reich on writing, rewriting in "Works & Process" at the Guggenheim
“I want to be able to hear the process happening throughout the sounding music”, Steve Reich wrote in his 1968 essay Music as a Gradual Process. His music of the 1960s, from tape pieces such as It’s Gonna Rain to instrumental works like Piano Phase, employed phasing and looping techniques. These compositions are some of the first examples of both process music and downtown musical minimalism.