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Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
by John Kelman
When Steve Reich released Music for 18 Musicians (ECM, 1978), it was a consolidation and major leap forward in the pulse-based music that the minimalist progenitor had been exploring on earlier compositions including Four Organs" (1969), a piece that relied on nothing more than a six-note chord, yet was a near flat-out sonic assault. 18 Musicians was an altogether more complex and sophisticated work, with a broader textural palette based largely on tuned percussionpiano, vibraphone, marimba and xylophonebut also working ...
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