All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.
in serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the sa… - Steve Reich
in serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the sa…
- Steve Reich
What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City. - Steve Reich
What I don't want to do is to go and buy a bunch of exotic-looking drums and set up an Afrikanische Musik in New York City.
I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with ot… - Steve Reich
I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with ot…
I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive whatever context it … - Steve Reich
I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive whatever context it …
All music does come from a time and place. I was born and raised in New York. I moved out of New York, but it's inside of me and it will be inside of… - Steve Reich
All music does come from a time and place. I was born and raised in New York. I moved out of New York, but it's inside of me and it will be inside of…
As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart. - Steve Reich
As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart.
Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach, never heard anything after Wagner, and never heard an… - Steve Reich
Up to the age of 14 I had not heard a note of anything before 1750, never heard a note of Bach, never heard anything after Wagner, and never heard an…
I don't care how much people understand what it is that I'm doing, except if they're players in my ensemble or other ensembles. I just want people to… - Steve Reich
I don't care how much people understand what it is that I'm doing, except if they're players in my ensemble or other ensembles. I just want people to…
It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be d… - Steve Reich
It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be d…
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