Philip Glass
Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer of modern music.[1] He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.[2][3][4]
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Born | Philip Morris Glass January 31, 1937 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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Glass has created operas, music for quartets, dance, and much more. He is known for writing minimalist music.
Glass has described himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures".[5] Though his early music shares much with what is called "minimalist", he has since evolved stylistically.[6][7]
Philip Glass Media
Glass studied in Paris with music instructor Nadia Boulanger
Chuck Close's portrait of Glass in a New York City Subway's 86th Street station
A scene from a 2017 rehearsal of Einstein on the Beach, a 1975 opera by Glass in Dortmund, Germany
A scene from a 2017 performance in Berlin of Satyagraha, an opera by Glass
Glass performing in Florence, Italy in 1993
Glass performing Book of Longing in Milan in September 2008
Philip Glass by Luis Alvarez Roure, a 2016 oil on board portrait at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Glass at the world premiere of Passacaglia for Piano at Musikhuset Aarhus in Denmark
References
- ↑ "Philip Glass biography – facts, birthday, life story". Biography.com. January 31, 1937. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ Naxos Classical Music Spotlight podcast: Philip Glass Heroes Symphony
- ↑ "The most influential people in classical and dance", New York Magazine, May 8, 2006, retrieved November 10, 2008
- ↑ O'Mahony, John (November 24, 2001), "The Guardian Profile: Philip Glass", The Guardian, London, retrieved November 10, 2008
- ↑ "Biography", PhilipGlass.com, archived from the original on August 4, 2013, retrieved November 10, 2008
- ↑ Smith, Ethan, "Is Glass half empty?", New York Magazine, retrieved November 10, 2008
- ↑ Smith, Steve (September 23, 2007), "If Grant had been singing at Appomattox", The New York Times