Pulse is a 2015 work by American composer Steve Reich. The work is scored for woodwinds, strings, piano and electric bass guitar. In 2016 Nonesuch Records...
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and suggested the use of the eighth note pulse, which is now standard in performance of the piece. Reich's early forays into composition involved experimentation...
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one's interest is held by the pungency of the aural color, the pulsing dynamics and Reich's periodic shifting of instrumental forces." Critic Edward Strickland...
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Wilhelm Reich. Da Capo Press (first published by St. Martin's Press, 1983), pp. 379−380. Also see Pilkington, Mark (29 May 2003). "Orgone: cosmic pulse of...
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Music for 18 Musicians (category Compositions by Steve Reich)
the original cycle at the end. The sections are named "Pulses", and Section I–XI. This was Reich's first attempt at writing for larger ensembles, and the...
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functions as a metronome and is referred to as "The Pulse". Steve Reich introduced the idea of a rhythmic pulse to Riley, who accepted it, thus radically altering...
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composer Steve Reich, written in 1981. The title comes from the Hebrew word for "psalms", and the work is the first to reflect Reich's Jewish heritage...
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Drumming is a piece by minimalist composer Steve Reich, dating from 1970–1971. Reich began composition of the work after a short visit to Ghana and observing...
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Contemporary Ensemble and Pulse performed by Colin Currie Group. Fairman, Richard (3 February 2018). "Steve Reich: Pulse / Quartet - Reich in uncharacteristically...
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performers, in Reich's case). The music of Moondog of the 1940s and '50s, which was based on counterpoint developing statically over steady pulses in often...
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