Reichs major works include its gonna rain 1965, come out 1966. How difficult is it to perform steve reichs piano phase. Piano phase 1967 by steve reich visualization by vincent laberge. A concept derived from the gate soon inspired reich to return to live instrumental composition, and the resulting work, four organs, was completed in january 1970. Come out is a 1966 piece by american composer steve reich. The opening pulses ultimately come from the opening of music for 18 musicians 1976. In reichs pulse gate compositions, individual notes had been phased out of an. Piano phase and clapping music use the same musical procedures, only for live. Reich was the son of an attorney and a singerlyricist. The differences between the two pieces come in their differing emphasis on harmony and. Composed of short, repeated patterns and scored for two pianos or, in an alternate version, for two marimbas, piano phase is a study in.
Steve reichs piano phase and david cossins video phase. Reich piano phase pdf download 28 free sheet music and scores. Orders using this coupon are not eligible for affiliate credit. Steve reich, byname of stephen michael reich, born october 3, 1936, new york, new york, u. Come out 1966 piano phase 1967 clapping music 1972 the cave 1993 read steve reich s article on his early tape pieces then listen to reich s come out and see if you can hear the gradual phasing process that he describes. Come out, from 1966, is the most famous of these, and its about as elemental as you can get. In 1967, steve reich composed piano phase a piece of music for two pianos. In addition to being his longest work to date using the phasing technique drumming1971 was the. Reich further developed this technique in pieces like violin phase also 1967, phase. Come out 1966 and its gonna rain were the first reich compositions released on lp, electronic works based on taperecorded voices processed in fairly simple but intriguing ways. Piano phase for 2 pianos or 2 marimbas composed by steve reich.
It was his first attempt at applying the phasing technique to live performance. He had developed his sound, but was still relatively young and hungry for success. To develop the material, reich employs phase shifting. Stephen michael reich born october 3, 1936 in new york city is an american composer. This site is based on the first section from steve reich s 1967 piece piano phase. Steve reich s different trains with london contemporary orchestra. The excellent first disc by the british ensemble that bears reichs name concentrates on two works from the 1980s, separated by his archetypal 1967 process piece piano phase. What does reich mean by speechmelody and why is that important to him.
Steve reich clapping music for two performers 1972 directions for performance the number of repeats is fixed at 12 repeats per bar. Come out piano phase clapping music its gonna rain. Forget violin phase which really is just filler, and from an earlier era in reichs development. Reichs innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns examples are his early compositions, its gonna rain and come out, and the use of processes to create and explore musical.
Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Simply enter the code snowman in the promo code field on the shopping cart page and click apply to receive your discount details. A comparison of electric counterpoint and radio rewrite. Reich s earliest extent pieces are experiments with snippets of speech, recorded on loops of audiotape that are repeated and layered and gradually allowed to shift out of phase.
While reichs its gonna rain 1965, come out 1966, and melodica 1966 make use of identical tape loops moving gradually out of phase on separate tape players, piano phase signals reichs first attempt to apply phasing techniques in live performance. It is one of his first attempts at applying his phasing technique, which he had previously used in the tape pieces its gonna rain 1965 and come out 1966, to live performance. The sole sound source is the recorded testimony of a young man. The essay, as well as reichs chosen process of phasing, will be discussed in full later in this article. This site is based on the first section from steve reichs 1967 piece piano phase. Piano phase, come out, violin phase and clapping music. This is it the greatest of the early minimal works of steve reich. Unfortunately, it seemed to me at the time impossible for two human beings to perform that gradual phaseshifting. Steve reich at 80 the early phase luis rivera, tape luke smith, ryan boehme, percussion. Come out, tape 1966 melodica, melodica and tape 1966 piano phase for two pianos, or two marimbas 1967 slow motion sound concept piece 1967 violin phase for violin and tape or four violins 1967 my name is for three tape recorders and performers 1967 pendulum music for 3 or 4 microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers 1968 revised. Steve reich, sheet music, scores reiche, gottfried reicha, anton.
National socialist nation, an empire of the creators of the th ird reicha fourth reich. The use of interlocking repeated melodic patterns played by multiples of the same instrument can be found in my earliest works, piano phase for 2 pianos or 2 marimbas and violin phase for 4 violins both from 1967. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. Recorded in the miryhall of the ghent music faculty, using a sony handycam and a zoom q3hd video, and a zoom h4n, akg and dpa microphones audio. Here, the musical patterns are visualized by drawing two lines, one following each pianist.
Shortly after completing come out i began to think about writing live instrumental music. Four movements to the music of steve reich, for the tanks. Be advised that this work has no political conviction to advocate, no conspiracy theory to press, and no hidden agenda. Works 19651995, an album by steve reich on spotify. Find steve reich composition information on allmusic. Incredible value, pretty much all of the best of steve reich is here. Piano phase is a minimalist composition by american composer steve reich, written in 1967 for two pianos or piano and tape. These works include gonna rain 1965, come out 1966, melodica 1966, phase patterns 1970, violin phase 1967, and piano phase 1967. Worth it for music for 18 musicians a top 10 alltime piece of musik. Reich was asked to edit down tape footage into a form of collage for a benefit for the harlem six and come out was a byproduct of the collages production. A leading composer of minimalism in the 1960s and 1970s, reich continued to expand his compositional resources to achieve striking expressiveness in his vocal pieces in the 1980s. An exploration of david cossins video phase with reference to steve reichs original work piano phase. The hypnotic power of come out was the first reich to catch my attention years ago.
Steve reich phases a nonesuch retrospective 2006, cd. Steve reich phase, sheet music, scores reiche, gottfried reicha, anton. I made a new recording of a very similar piece, this time for violin and piano by a japanese composer. For now, suffice it to say that this primacy of structure, apparent to some extent in all of reichs music, is the aspect of his work that most gives in an intellectually and. Steve reich piano phase performed by peter aidu top09. Octet and music for a large ensemble are steve reich at his very finest. Steve reich the american composer steve reich born 1936 was the creator of phase and pulse music. Two pianists repeat the same twelve note sequence, but one gradually speeds up. Steve reich clectic countercornt for guitar and tape or guitar ensemble full score and live solo guitar part hendon music boosey oy hawkes electric counterpoint commissioned by the brookiyn academy of music. Reichs earliest extent pieces are experiments with snippets of speech, recorded on loops of audiotape that are repeated and layered and gradually allowed to shift out of phase. Conceptual experiments with outofphase tape recorders on the enigmatic its gonna rain and come out the influence of this track even permeates into the work of capt beefheart. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with. Reich s innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns examples are his early compositions, its gonna rain and come out, and the use of processes to create and explore musical concepts for instance, pendulum music and four organs.
By fiona digney, bachelor of music performance, bachelor of music honours performance. Piano phase is a piece of music written in 1967 by the minimalist composer steve. The second performer should keep his or her downbeat where it is written, on the first beat of. The duration of the piece should be approximately 5 minutes. Piano phase steve reich classical and art music traditions. Two pianists are playing a rapid twelvenote melodic figure over and over again in unison. A central question that this book has worked on is that of what it might mean to remember something one was not part of, to memorialise an event or experience that happened to others with whom one. Works 19651995 is a 1997 10cd box set of compositions by composer steve reich released by nonesuch records as part of reichs 60th birthday stevereichworks19651995 101 come out double edge. Steve reich phase download free sheet music and scores scorser. These compositions, marked by their use of repetitive figures and phasing ef. The harlem six were six black youths arrested for a murder of margit sugar, a hungarian refugee, in harlem in the weeks following the little fruit stand riot of 1964. If this assessment seems harsh and unbelievable, read on.
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