Steve Reich


Steve Reich
Nationality: American
Born: b. 1936
Education/Training:
graduated with honors from Cornell University in 1957; studied at the Julliard School of Music from 1958-1961; received his MA in Music from Mills College in 1963

Notable Compositions:
It's Gonna Rain, Drumming, Clapping Music, Music for 18 Musicians, Tehillim, The Desert Music, Different Trains, The Cave, Three Tales, Proverb, You Are (Variations), Double Sextet, WTC 9/11

Notable Recordings:
You Are (Variations) and Daniel Variations

Press:
"America's greatest living composer"- The Village Voice; "the most original musical thinker of our time"- The New Yorker; "among the great composers of the century"- New York Times; "There's just a handful of living composers who legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them"- The Guardian (London)

REPERTOIRE: Tehillim

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All Reich Oct 28, 2006

REPERTOIRE: Clapping Music

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All Reich Oct 28, 2006

REPERTOIRE: You Are (Variations)

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Minimalist Masterworks Apr 6, 2014

REPERTOIRE: You Are (Variations)

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: You are wherever your thoughts are

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: Shiviti Hashem L'negdi (I place the Eternal before me)

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: Explanations come to an end somewhere

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: Ehmor m'aht, v'ahsay harbay (Say little and do much)

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: Daniel Variations

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: I saw a dream. Images upon my bed and visions in my head frightened me.

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: My name is Daniel Pearl.

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: Let the dream fall back on the dreaded.

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: I sure hope Gabriel likes my music, when the day is done.

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Shine: Steve Reich Jan 28, 2007

REPERTOIRE: You Are (Variations)

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Dare Oct 24, 2004

REPERTOIRE: 1. You are wherever your thoughts are

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Dare Oct 24, 2004

REPERTOIRE: 2. Shiviti Hashem L'negdi (I place the Eternal before me)

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Dare Oct 24, 2004

REPERTOIRE: 3. Explanations come to an end somewhere

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Dare Oct 24, 2004

REPERTOIRE: 4. Ehmor m'aht, v'ahsay harbay (Say little and do much)

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Dare Oct 24, 2004

REPERTOIRE: The Desert Music

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Two American Revolutions Apr 26, 2003