music documentaries
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Pantha Du Prince And The Bell Laboratory Play Terry Riley’s “In C”
American composer Terry Riley’s “In C” (1964) is widely considered one of the first and most important minimalist compositions. The piece, scored for an ensemble of unspecified instruments and size, consists of 53 short melodic phrases that musicians play and repeat as many times as they wish before moving onto the next. When all the Continue reading
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On Sounds And Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher
Last week I attended the New York City premiere of Sounds And Silence, a documentary about the work of ECM record label founder and producer Manfred Eicher. ECM is known for its exquisitely recorded releases by modern composers, jazz improvisers, folk and world music artists. There’s a lot of natural resonance and space on ECM releases, partly due to the Continue reading
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