September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
Every fall and spring you have to reset your clocks. You meander around the house, comparing timepieces and trying to coordinate them all to the correct time. But inevitably the clocks become further and further apart throughout the year, until you reset them again.
This is the concept upon which minimalism is built. The idea of gradual change and rhythmic continuity was first substantially introduced by Terry Riley with his early In C. In this piece, there is a set list of slight rhythmic iterations. The performers are instructed to play each cell for an ...
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