Philip Glass
A pianist and composer from America, Philip Morris Glass. One of the most important composers of the late 20th century, he is highly acclaimed. Glass's work has been compared to minimalism since it is composed of changing layers and repeating phrases. Glass himself as a creator of "music with repeated structures", which he has contributed to the aesthetic development of. Glass established the Philip Glass Ensemble, a group with which he continues to play the keyboard. He has composed fourteen symphonies, twelve concertos, nine string quartets, many other chamber works, and several film compositions in addition to fifteen operas, numerous chamber operas, and musical theater pieces. Three of his cinematic scores have received Academy Award nominations.
Glass identifies as a "classicist", noting his training in harmony and counterpoint and his studies with Nadia Boulanger of composers like Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His music incorporates influences from rock, ambient music, electronic music, and world music in addition to Western classical music. Musicians Brian Eno and David Bowie were early supporters of Philip Glass' minimalism. In the 1990s, Glass wrote the symphonies Low (1992) and Heroes (1996), which were thematically based on the Bowie-Eno collaboration albums Low and "Heroes", composed in late 1970s Berlin.
Detailed information:
Born: 31 January 1937
Nationality: American
Notable works:
- 600 Lines (1967)
- How Now for ensemble (also for piano, 1968)
- Music in Fifths (1969)
- Music in Similar Motion (1969)
- Music with Changing Parts (1970, recorded 1973)
- Music in Twelve Parts (1971–1974)
