Tuesday, October 3, 2023

October 3 - Steve Reich (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 3rd are here: Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Woldemar Bargiel, Chubby Checker, Steve Reich (2019, Steve Reich; Lindsey Buckingham (2020), Steve Reich (2021)

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Steve Reich (b. 3 October 1936) is one of the most influential living American composers.
 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruminations on Realization that Steve Reich is 87


How sweet it was when one was young and clever,

And shocked the bourgeois public of the day!

For when we’re young we do our work and never

Fret the final curtain of our play.


But no one’s an iconoclast forever,

And younger folks will send us on our way,

Where we ‘ll endure the end of your endeavor,

An icon, or forgotten, or passé.

 
 

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