Philip Glass

Philip Glass
Born: Jan 31, 1937 in Baltimore, MD
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Genre: Classical, Ethnic Fusion
Styles: World Fusion, Original Score, Modern Composition, Minimalism, Avant-Garde
Biography: Philip Glass was unquestionably among the most innovative and influential composers of the 20th century. Postmodern music's most celebrated and high-profile proponent, his myriad orchestral works, operas, film scores, and dance pieces proved essential to the development of ambient and new age sounds, ...Read full biography
Music in Twelve Parts
Released: 1975
Label: Venture
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Philip Glass is renowned for his style of pattern music, presented in its most developed form in this early work, still one of his best. Glass developed a method of writing that simultaneously retained ...Read full review
North Star
Released: 1977
Label: Virgin
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After releasing Music for Fifths on his own label, Chatham Square, Glass found his entry into a major art pop label with his first film score, for a 1975 documentary about the assemblage artist Mark di ...Read full review
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