Steve Reich

Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Nascimento Stephen Michael Reich
3 de outubro de 1936 (87 anos)
Nova Iorque
Cidadania Estados Unidos
Cônjuge Beryl Korot
Alma mater
Ocupação compositor, músico, Videasta
Prêmios
Obras destacadas Variations for Vibes, Piano, and Strings, Daniel Variations, Eight Lines, Double Sextet
Página oficial
https://stevereich.com

Steve Reich ou Stephen Michael Reich (Nova Iorque, 3 de outubro de 1936) é considerado um dos mais importantes compositores da música minimalista e da música modalista.[por quem?]

Estudou percussão aos catorze anos com o timpanista da Orquestra Filarmônica de Nova Iorque; formou-se em Filosofia na Universidade Cornell; estudou composição por dois anos com Hall Overton, de 1958 até 1961 na escola de música Juilliard. Além disso, estudou em institutos africanos e balineses. Em 1990 ganhou o Grammy de melhor compositor contemporâneo.[1]

Recebeu o Prémio Pulitzer de Música em 2009 por Double Sextet.

Obras

  • Soundtrack for The Plastic Haircut, tape (1963)
  • It's Gonna Rain, tape (1965)
  • Soundtrack for Oh Dem Watermelons, tape (1965)
  • Come Out, tape (1966)
  • Melodica, melodica and tape (1966)
  • Piano Phase for two pianos, or two marimbas (1967)
  • Slow Motion Sound concept piece (1967)
  • Violin Phase for violin and tape or four violins (1967)
  • My Name Is for three tape recorders and performers (1967)
  • Pendulum Music for 3 or 4 microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers (1968) (revised 1973)[2]
  • Four Organs for four electric organs and maracas (1970)
  • Phase Patterns for four electric organs (1970)
  • Drumming for 4 pairs of tuned bongo drums, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, 2 female voices, whistling and piccolo (1970/1971)
  • Clapping Music for two musicians clapping (1972)
  • Music for Pieces of Wood for five pairs of tuned claves (1973)
  • Six Pianos (1973) - transcribed as Six Marimbas (1986)
  • Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
  • Music for 18 Musicians (1974–76)
  • Music for a Large Ensemble (1978)
  • Octet (1979) - withdrawn in favor of the 1983 revision for slightly larger ensemble, Eight Lines
  • Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards for orchestra (1979)
  • Tehillim for voices and ensemble (1981)
  • Vermont Counterpoint for amplified flute and tape (1982)
  • The Desert Music for chorus and orchestra or voices and ensemble (1984, text by William Carlos Williams)
  • Sextet for percussion and keyboards (1984)
  • New York Counterpoint for amplified clarinet and tape, or 11 clarinets and bass clarinet (1985)
  • Three Movements for orchestra (1986)
  • Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar or amplified acoustic guitar and tape (1987, for Pat Metheny)
  • The Four Sections for orchestra (1987)
  • Different Trains for string quartet and tape (1988)
  • The Cave for four voices, ensemble and video (1993, with Beryl Korot)
  • Duet for two violins and string ensemble (1993)
  • Nagoya Marimbas for two marimbas (1994)
  • City Life for amplified ensemble (1995)
  • Proverb for voices and ensemble (1995, text by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
  • Triple Quartet for amplified string quartet (with prerecorded tape), or three string quartets, or string orchestra (1998)
  • Know What Is Above You for four women’s voices and 2 tamborims (1999)
  • Three Tales for video projection, five voices and ensemble (1998–2002, with Beryl Korot)
  • Dance Patterns for 2 xylophones, 2 vibraphones and 2 pianos (2002)
  • Cello Counterpoint for amplified cello and multichannel tape (2003)
  • You Are (Variations) for voices and ensemble (2004)
  • For Strings (with Winds and Brass) for orchestra (1987/2004)
  • Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings dance piece for three string quartets, four vibraphones, and two pianos (2005)
  • Daniel Variations for four voices and ensemble (2006)
  • Double Sextet for violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, clarinet, flute and pre-recorded tape (2007)

Discografia selecionada

  • Drumming (Reich). Steve Reich and Musicians (Two recordings: Deutsche Grammophon and Nonesuch) So Percussion (Cantaloupe)
  • Music for 18 Musicians. Steve Reich and Musicians (Two recordings: ECM and Nonesuch)
  • Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase. Steve Reich and Musicians (ECM)
  • Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ/ Six Pianos. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart, Steve Reich & Musicians (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Tehillim/The Desert Music. Alarm Will Sound and OSSIA, Alan Pierson (Cantaloupe)
  • Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint. Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny (Nonesuch)
  • You Are (Variations)/Cello Counterpoint. Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, Maya Beiser (Nonesuch)

Outras leituras

  • D.J. Hoek. Steve Reich: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 2002.

Bibliografia

  • Potter, Keith (2000). Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass. Music in the Twentieth Century series. Cambridge, UK; New York, New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Reich, Steve; Hillier, Paul (Editor) (1 de abril de 2002). Writings on Music, 1965-2000. USA: Oxford University Press. 272 páginas. ISBN 0-19-511171-0 
  • Reich, Steve (1974). Writings About Music. Halifax: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. 78 páginas. ISBN 0-919616-02-X 

Referências

  1. ↑ «Steve Reich». Encyclopædia Britannica Online (em inglês). Consultado em 4 de outubro de 2020 
  2. ↑ *Reich, Steve (1975). Writings on Music. New Edition. USA: New York University Press. pp. 12–13. ISBN 0-8147-7357-5 

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