Steve Reich
Writings About Music
Halifax, Canada: NSCAD Press, 1974
80 pp., 19 × 24 cm., softcover
Edition size unknown
"Writings About Music is the first book by one of the most important and innovative composers working today. Steve Reich investigates the relation of Western composers to non-Western music, especially Balinese and African, and gives a musical analysis of some African music made during the composer’s visit to Ghana in 1970. He discusses the relation of music to dance both in our culture and in others and the development of his own music from the early tape pieces of the 1960’s to the instrumental pieces of the 1970's, stressing his movement away from electronics and towards live music. Writings About Music is fully illustrated with musical examples and photographs. It includes a list of works, important performances and recordings."
- publisher’s statement
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