Cameo: Cusp of Magic—Terry Riley
SINCE THE 1960s, WHEN HIS GROUNDBREAKING works In C and A Rainbow in Curved Air helped launch what’s come to be known as the minimalist school of composition, Terry Riley has blended advanced technology with improvisation to create music that’s both cutting-edge and deeply human. Drawing on such wide-ranging influences as the electronic compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen and the Indian master vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, Riley has incorporated synthesizers, tape-looping techniques, and non-Western tunings and temperaments into his works. Riley in turn has worked with and/or influenced fellow composers as diverse in style as Steve Reich, John Adams, Philip Glass, and Pete Townshend.
Riley’s work remains in ...
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