| Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein), in creating an accessibility not previously recognized by the broader market.Glass' music is frequently described as minimalist, though he has distanced himself from that description, calling himself, among other things, a composer of "music with repetitive structures."Although his earliest music could arguably be called minimalist, his later style has evolved significantly enough that the label is probably inappropriate for many of his works.Glass is a prolific composer: he has written ensemble works, operas, symphonies, concertos, film scores, and solo works.Tibet House with Columbia University professor Robert Thurman and the actor Richard Gere.Beginnings, education and influences
1.Minimalism: From Strung Out to Music in 12 Parts
1.The Portrait Trilogy: Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, and Akhnaten
1.Theater music: Glass and Samuel Beckett
1.Post minimalism: From the Violin Concerto to the Symphony No.Music for Piano: Metamorphosis and the Etudes
1.Les Enfants Terribles
1.New directions: symphonies, chamber operas, and concerti
1.Films
3 Awards and Nominations
3.He then studied the flute as a child at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and entered an accelerated college program at the University of Chicago at the age of 15, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.He then went on to the Juilliard School of Music where he switched to primarily playing the keyboard.Tempered Clavier), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (the Piano Concertos), and Beethoven.When he returned home he renounced all his earlier compositions that were written in a moderately modern style comparable to the music of Darius Milhaud, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber and began writing pieces based on repetitive structures and a sense of time influenced by Samuel Beckett, whose work he encountered when he was writing for experimental theater.The musical scores were tacked on the wall, and the performers had to move while playing.Apart from his music career, he worked as a cab driver, had a moving company with Steve Reich, and worked as an assistant for the sculptor Richard Serra.After certain differences of opinion with Steve Reich, Glass formed the Philip Glass Ensemble (while Reich formed Steve Reich and Musicians), an amplified ensemble including keyboards, wind instruments (saxophones, flutes), and soprano voices.Though he finds the term minimalist inaccurate to describe his later work, Glass does accept this term for pieces up to and including Music in 12 Parts.Glass as the first opera of his portrait opera trilogy: Einstein on the Beach (composed in 1975 and first performed in 1976), featuring his ensemble, solo violin, chorus, and actors.The piece was praised by the Washington Post as "One of the seminal artworks of the century."Glass continued his work for music theater with composing his opera Satyagraha (1980), themed on the early life of Mahatma Gandhi and his experiences in South Africa.Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, and Ancient Egyptian.In addition, this opera featured an actor reciting ancient Egyptian texts in the language of the audience.Akhnaten was commissioned by the Stuttgart Opera in a production designed by Achim Freyer.Glass decided to eliminate the violins, which had the effect of "giving the orchestra a low, dark sound that came to characterize the piece and suited the subject very well."In the same year, Glass again collaborated with Robert Wilson on another opera, the CIVIL warS, which premiered at the Opera of Rome.Satyagraha (1980), his Violin Concerto (1987) and Symphony No.Among its multiple recordings, in 1992, the Concerto was performed and recorded by Gidon Kremer and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.Central to his chamber music from the same time are the last two from a series of five string quartets that were written for the Kronos Quartet (1989 and 1991), and the piece Music from The Screens (1989).On the commercial recording of Symphony No.Saxophone Quartet, and also possibly inspired by Les Six and Mozart.The first six Etudes were originally commissioned by the conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies, but the complete first set is now often performed by Glass.One theme of the opera, the death of Eurydice, has some similarity to the composer's personal life: the opera was composed about a year after the unexpected death in 1991 of Glass's wife, artist Candy Jernigan: "(...The Guardian 's critic remarked "Glass has a real affinity for the French text and sets the words eloquently, underpinning them with delicately patterned instrumental textures."Les Enfants Terribles (1996, scored for voices and three pianos), is indebted in its writing for the piano ensemble, as Orphee, to another key musical work from the 18th century: Bach's Concerto for Four Harpsichords (or four pianos) in A minor, BWV1065.It is perhaps no coincidence that Bach's Concerto was part of the soundtrack for the 1950 film, as was Gluck's opera for Cocteau's 1949 film Orphee.Influences and connections
Philip Glass is acknowledged to be one of the most influential voices of the 20th Century.Besides working in the Western classical tradition for the concert hall, opera, theater, and film, his music also has strong ties to rock, ambient music, electronic music, and world music.Early admirers included musicians Brian Eno and David Bowie, who acknowledged the influence of Glass's minimalist style.Aphex Twin (resulting in an orchestration of Aphex Twin's piece Icct Hedral in 1995).The Dandy Warhols, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop.Rush of Blood to the Head, 2002).In 2002, Glass along with his longtime producer Kurt Munkacsi and artist Don Christensen, started the record label Orange Mountain Music, dedicated to "establishing the recording legacy of Philip Glass" and have to date released 40 albums of Philip Glass' music.From Naqoyqatsi by Philip Glass
Problems listening to the file?The largest part of Glass's recent activity has been his many film scores, which almost accidentally started with the orchestral score for Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982), and continuing with two biopics, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 1985, resulting in the String Quartet No.In 1988, Glass began a collaboration with the filmmaker Errol Morris with his score for Morris's celebrated documentary The Thin Blue Line.He even made a cameo appearance in Peter Weir's The Truman Show (1998), which uses music from Powaqqatsi, Anima Mundi and Mishima, as well as three original tracks by Glass, performing at the piano.The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002), which earned him a second Academy Award nomination; Taking Lives (D.The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003) are his most notable scores for films from the early 2000s, containing older works but also newly composed music.Most recently, Glass composed the score for Neil Burger's The Illusionist and Richard Eyre's Notes on a Scandal in 2006, garnering his third Academy Award nomination for the latter.New directions: symphonies, chamber operas, and concerti
Glass's more lyrical and romantic styles came to a creative high with the Etudes for Piano and Les Enfants Terribles and furthermore in Godfrey Reggio's Naqoyqatsi (2002); in the chamber opera The Sound of a Voice (2003), as well as in the series of Concertos since 2000; and in three symphonies that are centered on the interplay of either vocalist or chorus and orchestra.Two symphonies written in a very similar style, Symphony No."Toltec" (2004) in addition to his large cantata "The Passion of Ramakrishna", are based on religious or meditative themes, whereas Glass's operatic Symphony No.Ginsberg and Glass), based on his poem by the same title.In this piece Glass explored new, more complicated and rich textures in a blend of the composer's most inspired efforts in both his technical expertise as a trained composer and also in reaching a new highpoint of expressiveness.Beginning with the Violin Concerto of 1987, he wrote a Concerto Grosso in 1992 and a Saxophone Quartet Concerto of the same vein in 1995.His Cello Concerto for cello and orchestra was premiered in Beijing in 2001 by the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, for whose 50th birthday it was written.Recent works: Waiting for the Barbarians, Symphony No.Appomattox
Glass' first opera on a grand scale in eight years, Waiting for the Barbarians, after J.Coetzee's novel, with a libretto by Christopher Hampton, was premiered in September 2005.Two months later, in November 2005, Glass' Symphony No.Critic Allan Kozinn described the symphony's chromaticism as more extreme, more fluid, and its themes and textures as continually changing, morphing without repetition, and he especially pointed out the "unpredictable orchestration" of the symphony.Kozinn especially pointed out the "beautiful flute and harp variation in the melancholy second movement."These new orchestral textures surfaced also in the already mentioned orchestral scores for the films The Illusionist and Notes on a Scandal, both composed in 2006.Glass has also worked alongside Leonard Cohen on an adaptation of Cohen's poetry collection Book of Longing.Glass's work "Songs and Poems" for solo cello (2006) was composed for the cellist Wendy Sutter and premiered in 2007.Finally, Appomattox, a new opera, commissioned by the San Francisco Opera (surrounding the events at the end of the American Civil War), premiered on October 5, 2007.Films
This section is of films about Philip Glass.Music With Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television.Tape 2: Philip Glass.From Four American Composers.Directed by Peter Greenaway.Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera.Directed by Michael Blackwood.Released on DVD in 2005.Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera.GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts.Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines.The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.Philip Glass is the first cousin once removed of Ira Glass, host of the nationally syndicated radio show This American Life.Philip Glass's father is Ira Glass's great uncle.Philip Glass is the second cousin once removed of J.Stuart, singer of New York rock group The Cloud Room.Hankey, the Christmas Poo").Glass's "Metamorphosis One" is featured in Valley of Darkness, the second episode of season two of the new version of Battlestar Galactica.In the scene, Starbuck returns to Caprica and plays the piano solo on a CD player in her apartment, claiming that her father was the one playing it.Bugle Corps production Inventions for a New Millennium.The "Evil Eye" background music played on the TV series Scrubs (played when Janitor stares at someone to intimidate them) is in fact from Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi.Philip was also mentioned in Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's song 'I Keed'.Music by Philip Glass, New York: DaCapo Press, 1985, p.Robert Schwarz, Minimalists, 1996, p.The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation with 27 of his subjects, New York: A.Music By Philip Glass New York: Da Capo Press."Phillip Glass and Steve Reich: Two from the Steady State School",(1974) in Richard Kostelanetz and Robert Flemming (Editors), Writings on Glass.Essays, Interviews, Criticism, University of California Press, 1999
Potter, Keith (2000).Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass.Music in the Twentieth Century series.Minimalists, New York: Phaidon Press.Writings
Philip Glass, "Igor Stravinsky: His Rite of Spring heralded the century.Time, 8 June 1998
Philip Glass, "A Composer's Century", Andante.Oteri, "Philip Glass: 25 Years after Einstein On The Beach," NewMusicBox online, 2001 (includes video)
John O'Mahony, "When less means more", The Guardian, 24 November 2001 Interview with Glass.Interview on The Sound of a Voice.Scott Cummings, "Pipa pair: Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang discuss The Sound of a Voice", The Phoeonix."Philip Glass, Premiering A Toltec Symphony, NPR.Paul Barnes, Glass's Piano Concerto No.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Mini Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Glass worked in his father's radio store and discovered..."Contemporary Authors," New Revision Series...Animals in Love (International: English title) Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007) ...The Seeds (International: English title) The Illusionist (2006) Drama de la memoria, El (2006) Roving Mars (2006) The Giant Buddhas (2005) ...Moustache, La (2005) (musical composition by) ...The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S.The Origins of AIDS (International: English title) The Hours (2002) The Baroness and the Pig (2002) Naqoyqatsi (2002) ...The Man in the Bath (2001) Diaspora (2001) Armonie dell'Estasi (2000) The Eden Myth (1999) The Source (1999) Sin ceder (1999) Fast Track (1998) Kundun (1997) Ballad of the Skeletons (1997) Bent (1997) The Secret Agent (1996) ...The Interview (USA) Journey to Enlightenment (1995) (TV) ...Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile ...Compassion in Exile (USA: short title) Candyman (1992) ...Clive Barker's Candyman (USA) Planetens spejle (1992) ...Mirror of the Planet (International: English title) Anima Mundi (1992) ...Cathedral of Demons ...Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA: poster title) Monolithe (1987) (TV) Hamburger Hill (1987) Dead End Kids (1986) ...Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986) The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (1986) ...The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S.In the Land of the Demons ...Rua Alguem 5555 (Italy) ...Gala Night at Alice Tully Hall (2007) TV episode ....PerformerThe Truman Show (1998) ....SNL 25 (USA: alternative title) ...Philip Glass (1986) TV episode ....Crew:Powaqqatsi (1988) (script consultant) ...PerformerThe Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007) ....HimselfHappy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004) (TV) ....HimselfPowaqqatsi: Impact of Progress (2002) (V) ....HimselfArmonie dell'Estasi (2000) A Brief History of Errol Morris (2000) The Source (1999) ....The Nova Convention Revisited: William S.HimselfJohn Cage: Man and Myth (1990) (V) ....HimselfRobert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987) ....HimselfA Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (1986) ....Composer's Notes (USA) The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (1986) ...Two Moon July (USA: short title) Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986) ....He just played in Houston...Discography so to speak....You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Internet Movie Database Inc.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Do you really want to delete this Module with all its data?This Module cannot be deleted.Please delete all its Data first.Please sign up for our free newsletter with the latest news and works.Last update: November 14, 2002.Redirection
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the next lines.Philip Glass has never done things on a small scale, and his new work, "Appomattox," premiering Oct.San Francisco Opera, will be no exception.Find out all about the opera, plus other Bay Area events celebrating the composer's 70th birthday and a list (by Joshua Kosman) of his work on CD, in the stories that begin on Page 20.Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake."John McMurtrie interviews director Jeroen Berkvens about the film on Page 32, and David Wiegand writes about the enduring popularity of Drake's music on Page 50.In other movie and music news, Ruthe Stein reports on the best offerings at the Toronto International Film Festival (Page 28), Hugh Hart talks with Radha Mitchell about her nude fight scene in "Feast of Love" (Page 34) and Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner doesn't play nice when telling Aidin Vaziri what he thinks of Tom Jones' version of the Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" (Pop Quiz, Page 54).If you haven't discovered Brioche Bakery in North Beach, Bonnie Wach points you in the right direction in her Today's Special column (Page 49).Next week: Ang Lee at the Mill Valley Film Festival.Foreign visitors descend on S.More than 50,000 still lack power Rain keeps coming, snow pounds the...Bike Sex ChangeIn ambulance, survivors of S.More than 50,000 still lack power Rain keeps coming, snow pounds the...Be the first to share your thoughts on this story.Share your thoughts on this story. |
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