Terry Riley: In C Terry Riley. His influences include both jazz. Minimal music (also called minimalism) is a form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features of minimalist music include repetitive patterns or pulses, steady drones, consonant harmony, and reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units. Mertens discusses in detail the work of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass and places them in the tradition of Western music. Am 24. Now In C, the defining work of minimalist music has been tackled by Damon Albarn and Africa Express. Composers like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, La Monte Young and John Adams are the pioneers in making this music known to the world. Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Wim Merten's American Minimal Music deals in depth with the school of American repetitive music which is more popularly known as "minimal music". Very good webcast. Terry Riley & Nayan Ghosh Amsterdam World Minimal Music Festival, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; April 10, 2015. It can be done with a Wurlitzer – or 20 guitars. and Indian classical music. Born in 1935, Terry Riley is an American composer and regarded as one of the founders of minimalism. Its composer Terry Riley … Terry Riley (Colfax, 24 juni 1935) is een Amerikaanse componist die behoort tot de stroming van de minimal music It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School. Terry Riley komponierte für die NASA, studierte indischen Gesang und gilt als Begründer der Minimal Music – dabei hat er sich selbst nie als Minimalist gesehen. Steve Reich developed the phasing effect and experimented with the piano, harmonium, violin and tape recording. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music … Listen to Terry Riley's In C from 1964 - note how it's not a Symphony in C or a Concerto in C, it's just In C, plain and simple. La Monte Young and Terry Riley are known as the first minimalist composers. The music starts with just the note C, played over and over again in a steady rhythm. Terry Riley (* 24.Juni 1935 in Colfax, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Komponist und Pianist.Er trug mit seinen aus der asiatischen und afrikanischen Trancemusik adaptierten „mikropolyphonen“ Strukturen zur „Erfindung“ der Minimal Music bei und gehört zu deren populärsten Vertretern. Minimal music is an aesthetic, a style, or a technique of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass.