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Philip Glass

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Composer and musician born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1937. He studied music with William Bergsma, Vincent Pershichetti, Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger. In 1966 he worked with Ravi Shankar, which changed his perspective on composition. In the fall of 1968, he founded the Philip Glass Ensemble to perform his music and in 1971 he started Chatam Square Production to release his music.
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Philip Glass Ensemble, The, Polyrock
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Music With Changing Parts

◄ (3 versions) 		Chatham Square Productions 1971

Music In Similar Motion / Music In Fifths

(LP, Album) 		Chatham Square Productions 1973

Solo Music

(LP, Album) 		Shandar 1975

Music In Twelve Parts - Parts 1 & 2

◄ (7 versions) 		Caroline (UK) 1976

Giacinto Scelsi / Iannis Xenakis / Philip Glass - Anahit / Mikka / Strung Out (LP)

CP² Recordings 1976

North Star

◄ (13 versions) 		Virgin 1977

Philip Glass / Robert Wilson (2) - Einstein On The Beach ◄ (8 versions)

Tomato 1979

Dance Nos. 1 And 3

(LP, Album) 		Tomato 1980

Dance Nos. 1 And 3

(LP, Album) 		Tomato 1980

Glassworks

◄ (15 versions) 		CBS 1982

The Photographer

◄ (10 versions) 		CBS 1983

Koyaanisqatsi

◄ (25 versions) 		Island Masters, Island Records, Antilles 1983

Satyagraha

◄ (5 versions) 		CBS 1985

Mishima

◄ (7 versions) 		Nonesuch 1985

Songs From Liquid Days

◄ (11 versions) 		CBS, FM (3) 1986

DancePieces

◄ (8 versions) 		CBS 1987

Akhnaten

◄ (3 versions) 		CBS 1987

Powaqqatsi

◄ (8 versions) 		Elektra Nonesuch 1988

Dance Nos. 1-5

◄ (3 versions) 		CBS 1988

Music In Twelve Parts

◄ (7 versions) 		Venture 1988

1000 Airplanes On The Roof

◄ (8 versions) 		Venture, Venture, Virgin, Virgin 1989

The Thin Blue Line

◄ (4 versions) 		Nonesuch 1989

Solo Piano

◄ (4 versions) 		CBS 1989

London Chamber Orchestra* ⋅ Adams* / Glass* / Reich* / Heath* - LCO8 - Minimalist ◄ (4 versions)

Virgin, Virgin 1990

Ravi Shankar And Philip Glass - Passages ◄ (4 versions)

Private Music 1990
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Review by rob--dburn Sep 19, 2004 (edited over 7 years ago)
Philip Glass is a highly prolific orchestral composer with a very distinctive minimalist, intense, hypnotic style, and is especially well known for his film soundtracks. As well as his orchestral pieces, Glass often creates music for smaller ensembles featuring electronic instruments. Very little of his music is what is usually referred to as 'electronic', however.
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