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= Philip Glass = | = Philip Glass = | ||
Philip Glass is a contemporary (b. 1937) American minimalist composer (he rejects this term). He composed operas, theatre works, ten symphonies, concertos, chamber music and film scores, such as the magnificent ''A Brief History of Time'' for Errol Morris's documentary. | Philip Glass is a contemporary (b. 1937) American minimalist composer (he rejects this term). He composed operas, theatre works, ten symphonies, concertos, chamber music and film scores, such as the magnificent ''A Brief History of Time'' for Errol Morris's documentary. You can play it here to set yourself in the mood: | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 14 October 2011
Philip Glass
© Jack Mitchell
Philip Glass
Philip Glass is a contemporary (b. 1937) American minimalist composer (he rejects this term). He composed operas, theatre works, ten symphonies, concertos, chamber music and film scores, such as the magnificent A Brief History of Time for Errol Morris's documentary. You can play it here to set yourself in the mood:
- <mp3>A_Brief_History_of_Time_theme.mp3</mp3>
See also
- Mad Rush, number 10 in my list of favourite classical compositions.
- Les Enfants Terribles, for which he composed a three-pianos opera.
- Itaipu, a cantata in Guarani.