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Known credits:
30
Birthday:
1936-10-03
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Steve Reich

Overview

Steve Reich was born on October 3, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA as Stephen Michael Reich.

Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer who, along with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, pioneered minimal music in the mid to late 1960s.

Reich's style of composition influenced many composers and groups. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns (for example, his early compositions It's Gonna Rain and Come Out), and the use of simple, audible processes to explore musical concepts (for instance, Pendulum Music and Four Organs). These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm and canons, have significantly influenced contemporary music, especially in the US. Reich's work took on a darker character in the 1980s with the introduction of historical themes as well as themes from his Jewish heritage, notably Different Trains.

Writing in The Guardian, music critic Andrew Clements suggested that Reich is one of "a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history".[6] The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer".

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Acting
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2011 Steve Reich: Phase to Face Actor Self N/A
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2010 Michael Nyman in Progress Actor Self 59
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2009 In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde Actor N/A
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2006 Reich at the Roxy Actor Himself N/A
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1995 Steve Reich - City Life Actor 59
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1987 Steve Reich: A New Musical Language Actor N/A
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1963 Plastic Haircut Actor N/A
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New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 Actor Self N/A
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83) Actor Steve Reich N/A
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Sound
2021 Puparia Sound Music 60
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2015 Riding Light Sound Music 59
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2014 Steve Reich in Concert - Salle Pleyel 2014 Sound Music N/A
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2014 Rain Sound Music N/A
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2014 Light Motif Sound Music 59
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2013 C.O.G. Sound Music 58
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2011 Drums Sound Music N/A
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2010 Space Tourists Sound Music 58
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2005 The Dying Gaul Sound Music 59
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2002 Reich: Three Tales Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2002 Reich: Three Tales Sound Musician N/A
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2002 Fase Sound Music 59
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2000 John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1992 Shadow on the Snow Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1991 Papers Sound Music N/A
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1974 Regard de ma fenêtre Sound Music N/A
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1972 Portraits Sound Music N/A
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1965 Oh Dem Watermelons Sound Music 59
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1963 Plastic Haircut Sound Music N/A
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A Few Things I Know About Miami Sound Music N/A
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