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.
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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.
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Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control.
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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.