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The term Process Music (in the minimalist sense) was coined by composer Steve Reich in his 1968 manifesto entitled "Music as a Gradual Process" in which he very carefully yet briefly described the entire concept including such definitions as phasing and the use of phrases in composing or creating this music, as well as his ideas as to its ...
Stephen Michael Reich (/ r aɪ ʃ / RYSHE; [1] [2] better-known as Steve Reich, born October 3, 1936) is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures , slow harmonic rhythm , and canons .
It's Gonna Rain is a tape composition written by Steve Reich in 1965. It lasts about 18 minutes. It lasts about 18 minutes. It was Reich's first major work and is considered a landmark in minimalism and process music .
An all-Steve Reich program, from the L.A. Phil New Music Group, photographed Saturday at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Steve Reich’s music always, and often ...
Pendulum Music (For Microphones, Amplifiers Speakers and Performers) [1] is the name of a work by Steve Reich, involving suspended microphones and speakers, creating phasing feedback tones. The piece was composed in August 1968 and revised in May 1973, and is an example of process music .
Phasing music is most closely associated with composer Steve Reich. In 1965, influenced by Terry Riley's use of tape looping and delay, the American composer Steve Reich started experimenting with looping techniques and accidentally discovered the potential of gradual phase shifting as a compositional resource.
Music of this kind is generally referred to as process music. It is the third in a series of instrumental compositions (together with Reed Phase and Piano Phase ) in which Reich explored the possibility of phasing in music for a live player with tape accompaniment or, in the case of Piano Phase , for just two players ( Potter 2000 , 180).
Piano Phase is an example of "music as a gradual process," as Reich stated in his essay from 1968. [5] In it, Reich described his interest in using processes to generate music, particularly noting how the process is perceived by the listener. (Processes are deterministic: a description of the process can describe an entire whole composition. [5]