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https://philipglass.com/

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Philip Glass was born on January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. He received some musical training and appreciation from his father, Benjamin Glass.

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Philip studied flute at the Peabody Institute in Maryland. From age 15, he became very interested in serialism, film, and philosophy, which would inspire later compositions.

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Glass attended Julliard School of Music to study keyboard and composition. His teachers, Steve Reich, Vincent Persichetti, William Bergsma, Peter Schickele, and Darius Milhaud, all helped pioneer the 20th century in the western world with Philip Glass.

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Philip Glass refers to himself as a "classicist", following the harmonic and counterpoint styles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Franz Schubert. He admires minimalism, rock, jazz, folk, electronic, and ambient music. He has recorded with many popular musicians such as Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, and Leonard Cohen. His favorite composer, whom he shares a birthday with, is Franz Schubert

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Philip Glass has written 12 ensemble pieces, 15 operas, 14 chamber operas/musical theater works, 23 solo or electric organ pieces, many other piano works, 8 string quartet pieces, many chamber and orchestral works, 12 symphonies, 10 vocal works, countless scores for movies and television, and many more works for other instruments

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He has won one Golden Globe Award ("The Truman Show") and two nominations ("The Hours", "Kundun"). Nominated for best original score in the Academy Awards for "Notes on a Scandal", "The Hours", and "Kundun". Won one BAFTA Award for "The Hours". Glass has received many other awards which can be located on Wikipedia or his website

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This is one of his most famous works written for Solo Piano.

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Solo Piano and Cello

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Glass: Tissues - Cello and piano version - No. 7

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A popular Solo Piano work.