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John Adams

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John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – BBC Proms 2014

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Composer, conductor, and creative thinker - John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. Over the past 25 years, Adams's music has played a decisive role in turning the tide of contemporary musical aesthetics away from academic modernism and toward a more expansive, expressive language, entirely characteristic of his New World surroundings.

Girls of the Golden West
a new opera

Motion is the Default State: Conversation with composers John Adams, Daniel Bjarnason, Zosha Di Castri, and Brian Current

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Home Composer, conductor, and creative thinker - John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works, both operatic and symphonic, stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes.

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What is minimalism in music?

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A secondary school revision resource for GCSE Music about 20th-century music and Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, Movement III

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Minimalism and the advance of technology

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Minimalism and the advance of technology

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A short video explanation

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BBC Bitesize - GCSE Music - Minimalism and the advance of music technology

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Howard Goodall identifies minimalism as the link between art music and pop music

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An interview and links with Philip Glass

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An interview and links with Philip Glass

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Philip Glass - Concerts, Biography & News - BBC Music

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The BBC artist page for Philip Glass. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest Philip Glass interviews.

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Terry Riley

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Steve Reich

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A tutorial to help learn the bass line.

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A tutorial to help learn the chord part

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A tutorial to help learn the harmony part.

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A tutorial to help learn the melody part.

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Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, famously used in the film 'The Exorcist'

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The Exorcist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ****PLEASE SUBSCRIBE****

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1960#7

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La Monte Young - Composition 1960 #7 (1960)

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"Composition 1960 #7" composed by La Monte Young (1960) performed by Ensemble for Experimental Music and Theater （Shinjuku Bunka Center, 2012-10-31）

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A great example of how minimalist music makes great soundtracks for films, such as this example from Inception

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Inception Soundtrack-Dream is Collapsing (Hans Zimmer)

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Soundtrack from the Motion Picture directed by Christopher Nolan

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In music, an ostinato [ostiˈnaːto] (derived from Italian: stubborn, compare English, from Latin: 'obstinate') is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently at the same pitch.

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Watch the video of Steve Reich's clapping music with the music scrolling across the screen. Can you work out what phase shifting is by watching this video??

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Steve Reich - Clapping Music (Scrolling)

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Another composer to explore...

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Terry Riley's official Web Site. Minimalist composer's CD's, Scores and Links, terryriley.net, terryriley.org.

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Find out more about another key composer of minimalist music

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Glass holds the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall for the 2017-2018 season. Highlights will include performances by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra with Anoushka Shankar, the Louisiana Philharmonic, Nico Muhly, the Philip Glass Ensemble and the American Composers Orchestra.

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Find out more about one of the leading minimalist composers..

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Explore this website which allows you to create effective pieces of music by layering vocal loops

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More than 70 million players worldwide have already enjoyed Incredibox. The right mix of music, graphics, animation and interactivity makes it ideal for everyone.