Four American Composers, Vol. II: Philip Glass

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🎙️ EPISODE 416: 03.08.22 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎-𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 RANKING GREENAWAY 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 Glass perhaps rivals Cage as the most notable name in this quartet of subjects. Mostly, Greenaway lets the glorious music here do the talking. But every once in awhile we get an interesting quote Of the four, Glass is also — in my opinion — easily the most accessible. Or, at least, the one who presents their work in the most straightforward manner on stage; meaning: it's just the band playing the notes. There are no other bells and whistles. The concept begins and ends with the sound and only the sound. That being said, it's interesting Glass spends so much time harping about how inaccessible his music. Chalk it up to the eye of the beholder, I guess. But I enjoyed it because I truly love Philip Glass. There's some excellent stuff in here about his process and technique.

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⫷ EPISODE 416A - (YOU ARE HERE) - EPISODE 416C ⫸

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Four American Composers is a 4-part documentary that follows four different contemporary composers performing/creating/building their shows. Peter Greenaway leads us through the creative process of 4 very different composers in style: sound and noise (John Cage) repetition and discipline (Philip Glass), poetry and musical freedom (Robert Ashley) and vocal experimentation (Meredith Monk) who are all framed under the same musical genre, contemporary music. It was released on May 1, 1983.