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American Concert Music
to the Present
essay
9

 

 

 

The image you see is American minimalist composer, Terry Riley.
This image was found at www.rassegnadinuovamusica.it.

The music you hear is "A Rainbow In Curved Air," composed by Terry Riley.
From the album,
"Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air."

 

 

 

What is this essay about?

The Aftermath of World War II
The New American Serialism
The Traditionalists
Electronic Music
Other New Music
John Cage and the Avant Garde
The Aftermath of the 1960s
The Minimalists
Post Modern Music

 

 

 

 Who are some of the people
in this essay?

Igor Stravinsky
Arnold Schoenberg
Paul Hindemith
Béla Bartók
Milton Babbitt
Leonard Bernstein
Walter Piston
William Schuman
Wendy Carlos
Conlon Nancarrow
Roger Sessions
Elliott Carter
Steve Reich
Lukas Foss
Terry Riley
George Rochberg
John Cage
Philip Glass
Joan Tower
Gunther Schuller
John Adams
Ellen Taafe Zwilich
George Crumb
David Del Tredici
Frederic Rzewski

 

 

 

What music is in this essay?

Variations for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra
Correspondences for string orchestra and synthesized tape
Symphony No. 6
Chester
Final Movement from Brandenberg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Prelude for Piano
Piano Sonata No. 2
String Quartet No. 1
Atlas eclipticalis
Accidents
Departure
Gnossienne 3
A Rainbow In Curved Air
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band
The Ecstasy
Different Trains
Trial---Prison from Einstein On the Beach
Evening Song from Satyagraha
Hymn To the Sun from Akhnaten
Koyaanisqatsi
Offering
Prashanti
The Chairman Dances
Dogjam
O Superman (for Massenet)
Big Science
Tis the Voice of the Sluggard
String Quartet No. 3: Part A
Early Song
Silver Ladders
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Forbidden Fruit

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