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>>53312728
My personal favorite would have to be Terry Riley. Recently, I have been listening to pic. Philip Glass is a pop musician.

>Who's your favorite composer?
probably reich. he is really creative. love his ideas.

>What have you been listening to recently?
not much minimalism.

>What are your thoughts on Philip Glass?
like him a lot. koyaanisqatsi, glassworks and music in twelve parts are great.

>>53312965
>thread about minimalism
>complains about taste
ayyyyyyy

>>53312965
>posts babby's first minimalism
>expects to be spoonfed
>complains about taste

>>53312728
I guess late Pärt and Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KIcgiFCeY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNFL4Mz2ISY

>What have you been listening to recently?
Renaissance vocal music, 20th C music (not minimalism though), mictrotonal music, traditional bulgarian music.

>What are your thoughts on Philip Glass?
meh. melodies for saxophone are nice

>>53314402
>expects to be spoonfed
When did I imply this

Hard to name a favorite, maybe Ingram Marshall
also, Philip Glass with Ravi Shankar is damn fine

For anyone who likes Steve Reich, check out the guitarist Dominic Frasca. He played on "Triple Quartet", and a lot of his solo stuff is minimalist-influenced, in that there's a good deal of repetition and stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CBrsLlswnw&list=PLz6xLuEAZg-fAERuU8yB3cEIY7FmtavbC

>>53313134
A Rainbow in Curved Air is fantastic.

>>53312728
I'm really into Nico Muhly. I've been listening to a lot of Stockhausen. I really dig Glass.

>>53315072
>if you like this dumbed down classical music, you might like this even more dumbed down popular music!

>>53315122
>dumbed down classical music
Yeah Perotin is such shit amirite?

is celer minimalism

>>53315216
If you consider drone minimalism.
I think that minimalism has classical connotations though, so for me they just go down as ambient.

>>53315149
he aint minimal compared to what everyone else was doing back then

>1200
>your music has more than 1 melodic voice?
>fucking new complexity

my favorite composer of minimalism is suicide
i have recently been listening to david borden
philip glass hasn't made much of interest besides einstein on the beach

>>53315558
>I think that minimalism has classical connotations though

ye i agree

>>53315618
>suicide
Not Minimalism.

>>53315658
okay

>>53315558
what about A Winged Victory for the Sullen?

and is contemporary/neoclassical considered minimalism? or is contemporary classical just a huge umbrella term/not minimalism/can be considered minimalism? (The last sentence is indeed three questions)

>>53315801
Let's not distract ourselves with neoclassical trite.

>>53316093
sorry dad :/
but ye u're right

>>53315801
contemporary just means anything composed after ~1970

neoclassical is music written in the classical style in the 20th century. see Stravinsky's neoclassical period. it does not include "neoclassical" metal bands that use diminished scales and pretend to know theory or counterpoint.

minimalism simply means hardcore economy of material. very little material is used to generate a piece. one note or chord or one rthythmic device might serve as the catalyst for an entire piece, undergoing small mutations and changes over time.

anything that uses a very small amount of material to generate a larger work could be considered minimalism. but in the genre term associated with classical/art music, minimalism usually refers to NYC downtown composers in the 80s and 90s like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe, etc.

Oh look, another awful thread.
>>53312965
Minimalism is the definition of tasteless.

It's novel pop, basically.

>>53316416
so Apollon, Persephone, and Orpheus are neoclassical

u're a god among /mu/tants, anon. thank u

>>53315087
>A Rainbow in Curved Air is fantastic

Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band and Shri Camel are also really fantastic.

>>53316477
>so Apollon, Persephone, and Orpheus are neoclassical
yep, Stravinsky was big on his ancient greek history in that stage of his life.
he wrote some very "normal" sounding music during his neoclassical period though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vcGrAWdeV8&list=PLD42F924B31DCB91A

What are some minimalist pieces with a large focus on pitched percussion? I know Steve Reich has several, but I'm not sure of any others

>>53317395
maybe try John Psathas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dj0lGXQIAI

>>53317601
Enjoyed this, thanks

>>53317873
he does a few percussion based pieces. interesting composer. I think there's a timpani concerto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwyIxWXNZk