Steve Reich Talks About Music With Essential Tremors

Posted on Dec 5, 2018
Steve Reich Talks About Music With Essential Tremors

Essential Tremors, a show on WYPR, describes itself as a forum “in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are.” Steve Reich appeared on a recent episode, which can be heard right here. According to the show’s description, Reich “long ago transcended the ‘minimalist’ tag to stand as one of America’s greatest and most influential living composers. In this episode, he details the effects that the music of Stravinsky, [the 13th century polyphonist] Perotin, and John Coltrane had on some of his seminal pieces.”

Reich’s Pulse/Quartet is currently available on our download page.

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