Steve reich different trains referat dokumente online. This article explores the consequences that arise when fragments from very emotional. Introduction in todays post, technology and performance combine in a lesson plan based on one of the most simple yet effective pieces. Firstly, it is about his memories as a jewish child in america during wwii and their links to the holocaust. Steve reich s piano phase performed and visualized in the browser. By fiona digney, bachelor of music performance, bachelor of music honours performance.
Find all the event details here, and for tickets, call the museum at 401 7098402 steve reich. To reichs first string quartet, different trains, one of the most profound works. Reich different trains electric counterpoint raritan darklasopa. Steve reich to present different trains at the oldest active passenger railway station in the world, with new film from bill morrison. Europe during the war django reinhardt nuages rekindle. Reich different trains electric counterpoint raritan. Harmonically very close to the original, and melodically adding only occasional variations, my.
In broader terms it proposes that practical understanding of the ways in which some nonwestern cultures perceive rhythmic. Steve reich s piano phase and david cossins video phase. Download pdf steve reich drumming ebook full get book direct. Reich, s different trains triple quartet version for. Access this edition published by hendon music and 10 other scores on the nkoda app.
The testimonial aesthetics of different trains journal. Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides jews were forced to take to nazi concentration camps. In three succinct movements, it contrasts the crosscontinent trains of reich s american childhood with the cattle trucks to auschwitz, using fragmented recollections from three holocaust survivors, reich s governess, a conductor, and recordings of the trains. Different trains pour quatuor a cordes et bande magnetique 1988 steve reich 1936. It won a grammy award in 1990 for best contemporary classical composition. Steve reichs different trains tempo cambridge core. Two pianists repeat the same twelve note sequence, but one gradually speeds up.
Sep 26, 2017 steve reich s clapping music is a lesser known app that can be classified as a game as well as a musicians tool. Different trains by steve reich 1936 sheet music for. Steve reichs piano phase and david cossins video phase. From this material, reich wrote three movements, that is. Teatro alighieri, ravenna, italy for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Steve reich new york, 1936 different trains 1988 ii. Clapping music free music tech lesson plan midnight music. Here you can find reich electric counterpoint shared files. Reich different trains free download as powerpoint presentation. Steve reich, byname of stephen michael reich, born october 3, 1936, new york, new york, u. Find all the event details here, and for tickets, call the museum at 401 7098402. The testimonial aesthetics of different trains journal of. Steve reich vermont counterpoint pdf files mapsoftzone.
The dead dad show by annalisa dinnella music steve. Steve reich different trains electric counterpoint 1989. Nov 02, 2004 listen free to steve reich different trains different trains, different trains and more. Durant sa carriere il a compose selon des styles varies comme. While the trips were exciting and romantic at the time i now look back and think that, if i had been in europe during this period, as a jew i would have had to ride very different. His innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns, as on the early compositions its gonna rain 1965 and. The basic idea is that carefully chosen speech recordings generate the musical materials for musical instruments. On sunday, february, the risd museum and cmw will copresent a performance by the providence string quartet featuring different trains, a landmark and grammy award winning piece by american composer steve reich. Steve reich different trains biographie steve reich wurde jungst als gro. A bloke with a blonde beard eyes me with recognition i dont understand. Music for 18 musicians was completed in 1976 and was premiered by the steve reich and musicians ensemble. Reich was the son of an attorney and a singerlyricist.
The app in the lesson plan below, you can use technology in the form of a free ipad app to help you teach the piece to your students. Steve reichs different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988, is. America, before the war, europe, during the war, and after the war. String quartet, tapecd sheet music book by steve reich 1936. Developing musical understanding background information and performance circumstances biography steve reich is an american composer who was born in 1936. Reich s phaseshifting minimalism is made dazzlingly entertaining in different trains, which is scored for string quartet and digitally sampled voices that repeat bits of speech concerning trains and reich s experience with them growing up. Of ideological stereotypes, biases, and israelism in steve.
The notion of jewish identity in his music and especially its paradoxes, however, has only recently gained scholarly attention, most notably in amy wlodarskis work on his different trains jams, 2010. The dead dad show by annalisa dinnella music steve reich. Steve reichs clapping music is a challenging game to. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style.
Steve reich europe train the guardian contemporary artists trains. Steve reich, wtc 911 in a recent work, the new york composer crystallizes the chaos, pain and anxiety that have overshadowed the past decade. Im going to find the conductor and get him to rid me of my bunk invader. Writing in the guardian, music critic andrew clements suggested that reich is one of. In different trains, reich compares and contrasts his childhood memories of his train journeys between new york and california in 19391941 with the very different trains being used to transport contemporaneous european children to their deaths under nazi rule. Steve reich s oeuvre has been discussed at length especially from the perspectives of minimalism and americanism keith potter, kyle gann. This work requires additional technological components andor amplification. Apr 05, 2019 the program will make use of the shimmering acoustics of the dupont underground with steve reich s different trains, a choral and double string quartet arrangement of samuel barbers adagio for strings, and a new piece by artistic director scott tucker specifically composed for the acoustics of the venue.
Reich s innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns examples are his early compositions, its gonna rain and come out, and the use of processes to create and explore musical. Different trains another path for 20th century composers was developed in the. Families are sleeping kids piled on top of their parents. Different trains, for string quartet and prerecorded performance tape, begins a new way of composing that has its roots in my early tape pieces its gonna rain 1965 and come out 1966. Steve reichs different trains 1988 can be considered a selfportraying work in two ways. Semiotics of music, language, and sound in different trains. Holocaust survivors, and train sounds from the 30s and 40sto generate and influence the rhythmic patterns and harmonic structure of the quartet. This site is based on the first section from steve reich s 1967 piece piano phase. Different trains, for string quartet and prerecorded performance tape, begins a new. Reich steve tehillim free ebook download as pdf file. Steve reichs different trains is a 27minute work for string quartet and tape, written in 1988 to a commission from the kronos quartet. Steve reich different trainselectric counterpoint lp. Pdf steve reichs different trains is a 27minute work for string quartet and tape, written in 1988 to a commission from the kronos quartet. Steve reich, pound ridge, new york, september 3, 2015 page xix steve reich agenda, april 511, 1971 3 drumming rehearsal in steve reich s broadway loft, 1971 10 program for town hall premiere of drumming, december 16, 1971 18.
Apr 01, 2010 often praised as an exceptional artistic response to the holocaust, steve reich s different trains adopts a documentary approach to holocaust representation in which reich assembled short excerpts from three survivor testimonies and published transcriptions of their accounts in his libretto for the work. Different trains 1988 will probably go down in history as reich s masterpiece. Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in 1988. An exploration of david cossins video phase with reference to steve reich s original work piano phase. Built around speech samples that are mimicked by the quartet, alongside recorded sounds of train whistles and sirens, different trains can be an overwhelming.
Steve reichs clapping music is a challenging game to improve. It suggests that researching and performing ewe music leads to a deeper understanding of rhythm and time in reich s music, and contributes to accurate, informed performances of his compositions. Composed by steve reich in 1972, clapping music is designed to be performed by two pairs of clapping hands. Steve reich, different trains, vocal transcription reich, 2004, pp. Different trains program notes community musicworks. Music history 20 th c american composers steve reich b. Challenging conventional approaches in musicology and music theory, this work examines how a specific analytical approach in turn shapes the. The premise may seem simple and the instrument may seem easy to use, but it is far more challenging than it seems. He majored in philosophy at cornell university 195357 and then studied composition at the. Reich, s different trains triple quartet version for string orchestra the 4 sections lyon national orchestra, d.
Stephen michael reich born october 3, 1936 in new york city is an american composer. The fragments of the testimonies are used sequentially, according to example 17. Steve reich different trains electric counterpoint. Finishing the hat two pianos for stephen sondheim is a rather faithful reworking of one of sondheims favorite songs from sunday in the park with george, and incidentally the title of his recent book. Heres a performance of the piece featuring steve reich himself on the right of the screen player 1 part and david crossin player 2 part. Jewish heritage, notably the grammy award winning different trains. Steve reichs minimalist composition different trains 1988 for string quartet and tape uses the speech prosody of recorded testimony as its.
Steve reich s different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988, is widely recognised as one of the most significant musical compositions of the last thirty years. The world premiere was performed by the kronos quartet at the first presbyterian church in miami, during the 1988 new music america festival. Semiotics of music, language, and sound in differe. Kronos quartet gives west coast premiere of steve reichs wtc 911. In 1988, steve reich completed different trains, his magnum opus for string quartet and tape in which he splices together spoken recollections by three. Its original release was performed by the kronos quartet and won the grammy award for best classical contemporary composition in 1989. Download pdf steve reich drumming ebook full get book. In 1972, composer steve reich born 1936 decided to compose a piece that in his words needs no instruments beyond the human body. Steve reichs different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988. Written for the kronos quartet in 1988, different trains is an iconic experiment in applying speech rhythms to music.
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