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Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American composer. His music is frequently described as minimalist, though he prefers to describe himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures". Although his early, mature music is minimalist, he has evolved stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a "classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger. He is considered to b...read more

Etoile polaire (north star) Thirteenth dalai lama Reting's eyes Company i Potala Or a wolf Lord chamberlain Caught! Sense of doubt Part 1 Sons of the silent age Mr. suso #1 Norbu plays Subterraneans From egypt Living waters Fish Mr. suso #2 with reflection Chinese invade Distraught "faÇades" from glassworks Train to sao paulo Lhasa at night The hours, film score 1000 airplanes on the roof Knee play 4 V2 schneider "excellent, mr renfield" F-104: epilogue from sun and steel Move to dungkar Escape to india Ave Akhnaten: prelude Japura river Chance encounter Wish i would see you again Warszawa Do you know me? The beginning City walk Projector Escape! (from the hours solo piano) Dance i Kyoko's house ("stage blood is not enough") A descent into the maelstrom: hour of the slack and escape Meeting in the carriage Lady day Runaway horses ("poetry written with a splash of blood") Ange des orages Night train Freezing String quartet no. 5 - 1. Etude no.2 (from etudes for solo piano, vol.i, nos.1-10) Montage Girlfriend The accident Music box (from candyman) Life in the mountains Screens of memory My building disappeared Sophie's ride to the castle Tiquie river Spaceship Kuru field of justice Labyrinth What time is grey Temple of the golden pavilion ("like some enormous music") Open the kingdom (liquid days, part ii) - vocal Are years what? (for marianne moore) A shout from the crowd Eisenheim disappears Concerto for violin and orchestra: = 104 - = 120 - excerpt Frankel appears Ik-ook Movement i Building Help me (from music from the thin blue line) 100,000 people (from the fog of war) Mina's bedroom/the abbey Mon pere, mon pere Three truths Prologue Neuköln Music in similar motion Blood on the stairs Knee 1 from einstein on the beach The missing gem Grey cloud over new york Mvt.iv - concerto for saxophone quartet (from saxophone) Music with changing parts Act iii Passages - channels & winds (from dennis russell davies performs philip glass) Glasspieces (choreographed by jerome robbins): glasspiece #1 ("rubric" from glassworks) A normal man running First day of school Where have you been asked the doctor The chase (from the music of undertow) Itaipu Heroes symphony Molly is a dreamer (from theater music archive, vol.i) Life out of balance Mvt. i, concerto fantasy (from the concerto project vol.i) Neverwas restored (from neverwas soundtrack) Etude no.2 (superveille) (from glass cuts, philip glass remixed) A drive in the country (from cassandra's dream) The fog of war String quartet no. 3 (mishima) - 3. 1934-grandmother and kimitake Winnie goes to sea Symphony for eight The plant-boy's song (from the witches of venice) Funeral of amenhotep iii edited (from glass reflections) A gentleman's honor Dreamscape no.3 (from waiting for the barbarians) The grid, edit (from koyaanisqatsi) Australia Perpetual motion A life lived together Discovery Act i, scene 1: train Mad rush - instrumental Music in fifths Confession 100,000 people Symphony no. 4, "heroes": i. heroes Target destruction The witness Sheba & steven China Courage Trial 1 / entrance Duet Stalking The photographer Sheba's longing Betrayal Orphée, chamber opera Interlude: australia & china Song i Tolstoy farm Good girl It was always you, helen The photographer: "a gentleman's honor" - vocal Barbara's house Canada Runaway horses Slomo people Brazil Helen's theme Another look at harmony, part 4: opening section: choral plainchant in minims I knew her Secret agent It's your choice Going home Glass: metamorphosis - 1. metamorphosis one Mishima Someone in your garden Symphony no. 3: movement i Bed / cadenza Revolution in the pentagon The grid introduction Two pages India Part 5 (conclusion) Music in twelve parts - part 1 Mechanical ballet from the voyage Before the creation Microchip In the upper room (choreographed by twyla tharp) - highlights: dance viii Études: no. 2 - reworked by christian badzura Greece Aguas da amazonia: japurá river Trial 1 " all men are equal" Ibm punch cards Mad rush (julian earle remix) Translations and credits To the sea Mishima / opening Orbit Dam The first meridian Trust Winnie remembers Liquid days (part one) Blind moles Company. for string quartet/string orchestra All the money 67 cities Ouverture The war to end all wars Creation of the cosmos Cabrini green From iron horse Gulf of tonkin The family Verloc and the russian embassy Roast beef Koyaanisqatsi - koyaanisqatsi/soundtrack version Prologue - i can't make the hills Explosives Mato grosso Contrary motion L'envol des cygnes Statistical control Candyman (piano) Attack and fall Act 1 - prelude: refrain, verse 1, verse2 Promenade dans le jardin Simple Violin concerto no. 2 - the american four seasons: prologue Low evil Winnie? Ossipon is tempted Shipyard Dominoes Norman morrison Scene 1 - les enfants terribles overture Safe journey A new weapon Funeral of amenhotep iii November 1, 1967 Trilogy sonata, for piano (trans. by paul barnes from opera selections) Akhnaten & nefertiti Evil and ignorance Protest from satyagraha Vertigo Love and joy The light that failed Rolling thunder Suffering Les sœurs La toilette Chengtu Le plan La demande en mariage d'avenant Opening (remix) - specially mixed for your personal cassette player Return from vietnam Ragas in minor scale 5 weeks Interlude from orphee How now Modern love waltz Early works: music in contrary motion Across the world Metamorphosis 1 (akufen reinterpretation) Success Nyc: 73-78 Akhnaten: dance (act ii scene 3) Private and public Jahweh and allah battle Les regards les flairs Data Etude i: etude i No second chance Scene 2 - paul is dying Dreaming awake Another look at harmony, part 4: harmonic and rhythmic exploration, leading to - Want to fly A sip of wine Etudes, book 1: no. 2, — Metamorphosis 3 (john beltran’s tangerine sunset mix) Body count Unilateralism Paradise Engagement Dance number 5 Why are we here? Les combats Scene 5: he didn't say goodbye Les kangourous Harris' story The light came through the window Dedication of merit Aunt rose Judgement and apocalypse Puppet time Tranquility From cabin in the rockies Le domaine de la bête La saisie des meubles Le ballet des oiseaux Scene 7: she slapped me The bath Truman show main theme This morning i woke up again La naissance du faon Cassandra's dream Scene 2: the coronation of akhnaten From the green automobile Prelude: verse 3 Damned if i don't Le voyage du père I was doing something Face to razor Scene 9: call me elisabeth He is coerced to look Le dîner La belle va au château Trilogy sonata: act iii conclusion from satyagraha Le paon et les grues japonaises Not a jew La course sur l'eau des grèbes Scene 8b: and then leave How much i love you Cue 4a Belle retourne chez son père Scene 16: he wrote his own name From howl part ii Orphée's bedroom from orphée suite for solo piano Scene 12: unaware of its taboos I enjoyed the laughter Don't have the proof The strategem La passion d'avenant Scene 13: one wheel spinning Le miroir The birth of the fawn Belle raconte son histoire Hymn to the sun from akhnaten Des insectes aux baleines Babylon Dance iv for organ The cockney brothers Les couples heureux The night of santiago Abandonment Angela Les orangs outans et les petits canards Le magnifique apparaît Return to cabrini From insects to whales The hurricane and recognition of death Piano solo On my watch and caught Floating candyman End credits The brother becomes a maniac The judge They enter the stream The thin blue line The peacock and the japanese cranes I am now able

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