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Writings about Music

Writer

Steve Reich

Date

2014

Publisher

Halifax: Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and

Format

Ephemera

Size

19 × 23 cm

Length

74 pages

Genre

Essays, Theory, Photography, ,

Description

Published in 1974. Essays by Steve Reich.

English text, black & white photographs and illustrations.

Slight shelf wear and yellowing; minor tear on reverse upper right side jacket.

Contents:

Introduction —
Music as a gradual process —
Pendulum music —
Slow motion sound —
The phase shifting pulse gate : Four organs, an end to electronics —
Some optimistic predictions (1970) about the future of music —
Gahu : a dance of the Ewe tribe in Ghana —
Postscript to a brief study of Balinese and African music —
Notes on music and dance —
From program notes —
Notes on the ensemble —
Notes on compositions —
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