Terry Riley
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Rileyis an American composer and performing musician associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music, of which he was a pioneer. His work is deeply influenced by both jazz and Indian classical music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth24 June 1935
CountryUnited States of America
essential form heart la minimalist
La monte's idea was just to have this one big form that were just long tones, I think that was the real essential heart of minimalist music.
interested met music
I had been interested in Indian music and I actually started studying Tableaus before I met him.
ingredient main melody music musical repeated western
So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.
delays four hours recording saxophone throughout
Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone.
tired play long
I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn't seem to get tired.
kind seems
Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control.
gdp musical western-music
Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.