Steve Reich
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Stephen Michael Reich is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and cano
Reich at the Holland Festival, c. June 1976
Reich circa 1982–1984
Different Trains
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Different Trains is a three-movement piece for string quartet and tape written by Steve Reich in 1988.
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…Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains (1988). Reich's style of composition has influenced many contemporary composers and groups, especially in the United States and Great Britain. The…
The Steve Reich Ensemble playing Different Trains. From left to right, Liz Lim-Dutton (violin) Todd Reynolds (violin), Jeanne LeBlanc (cello), Scott Rawls (viola)
Entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp