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Music for 18 Musicians is a minimalist album by composer Steve Reich recorded between April–December 1976 and released on the ECM New Series in April 1978—his first of three releases for the label. The ensemble features eighteen musicians, including Reich himself playing the part of piano and marimba, playing Reich's titular composition. [1 ...
Music for 18 Musicians is a work of minimalist music composed by Steve Reich during 1974–1976. Its world premiere was on April 24, 1976, at The Town Hall in the Midtown Manhattan Theater District. Following this, a recording of the piece was released on the ECM New Series in 1978.
Other composers with atonal pieces include Harrison Birtwistle & Peter Maxwell Davies, [54] Jacob Druckman, Barbara Kolb, [55] Henry Cowell, Claude Debussy, Brian Ferneyhough, [56] Alexander Goehr, [57] Lou Harrison, Mårten Hagström, Paul Hindemith, Karel Husa, Charles Ives, György Ligeti, Witold Lutosławski, George Perle, [58] Sergei Prokofiev, David Raksin, [59] Nikolai Roslavets, [60 ...
A Book of Music for two prepared pianos (1944) Experiences No. 1 (1945) Three Dances for two prepared pianos (1945) Furniture Music Etcetera (1980) Two 2 (1989) Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) Two Books of Study for Pianists (1958) Boolavogue (1981) Jacques Castérède (born 1926) Crosses on Fire for 2 pianos (Feux croisés pour deux pianos) (1963)
Music for Piano 53–68 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Dedicated to Grete Sultan. Music for Piano 69–84 (for piano solo or in an ensemble) (1956) Both collections were composed for the same Cunningham choreography, Solo Suite in Space and Time. Music for Piano 53–68 is dedicated to, and was first performed by, Grete Sultan. [5]
The following list contains our picks for great musicians who wouldn’t know a key signature, an eighth note, or a staff if their lives depended on it. 10 Musical Geniuses Who Couldn't Read a ...
The Pianist: Music from the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack, on the Sony Classical label, of the 2002 film The Pianist starring Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, and Frank Finlay. The Frédéric Chopin pieces were played by Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak and the original score piece was composed by Wojciech Kilar.
Now in its 54 th year, the event is named after Howard Hanson, the longtime director of the Eastman School of Music, ... The eight young pianists were among 14 who auditioned on March 3, each ...