Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians mp3 download

Music for 18 Musicians is approximately 55 minutes long. The first sketches were made for it in May 1974 and it was completed in March 1976. Although its steady pulse and rhythmic energy relate to many of my earlier works, its instrumentation, structure and harmony are new. As to instrumentation, Music for 18 Musicians is new in the number and distribution of instruments: violin, cello, 2 clarinets doubling bass clarinet, 4 women's voices, 4 pianos, 3 marimbas, 2 xylophones and metallophone (vibraphone with no motor). All instruments are acoustical. Music for 18 Musicians is approximately 55 minutes long.

If Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians is simply described in terms of its materials and organization - 11 chords followed by 11 pieces built on those chords - then it might seem utterly dry and monotonous. The actual music, though, is far from lackluster. When this recording was released in 1978, the impact on the new music scene was immediate and overwhelming. Anyone who saw potential in minimalism and had hoped for a major breakthrough piece found it here

Only 11 left in stock (more on the way). Music for 18 Musicians is for violin, cello, two clarinets doubling bass clarinet, four women's voices, four pianos, three marimbas, two xylophones, and a metallophone (vibraphone with no motor). It's a 1974 composition that focuses entirely on the rich staccato that gives minimalism its unique sound. However, Reich turns all of this into actual music by adding the richness of the metallophone and the women's voices. Whatever else people may have said about minimalism, pro or con, a work such as Music for 18 Musicians demonstrates its legitimacy. Had this album for several years. It's a great introduction to minimal music, and surprises people sometimes with how easy it is to listen to. Pattern, repetition, and slow variation.

BPM Profile Music for 18 Musicians. Album starts at 100BPM, ends at 106BPM (+6), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Steve Reich. Clapping Music, Music for Pieces of Wood, Sextet. Music for 18 Musicians.

Music For 18 Musicians. By: Steve Reich (1978, Classical). More albums from Steve Reich: If You Break My Heart by Steve Reich. Three Dances & Four Organs by Steve Reich. Six Pianos, Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ by Steve Reich. Four Organs, Phase Patterns by Steve Reich. Early Works by Steve Reich. Octet, Music For A Large Ensemble, Violin Phase by Steve Reich. Minimalist by Steve Reich. New Sounds In Electronic Music (Come Out, Night Music, I Of IV) by Steve Reich. View all albums . 1. Pulse – Sections I – IV.

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