Steve Reich

Biography by Chris Morrison

A highly influential avant-garde composer and one of the key founders of the minimalist school of music.
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Album Highlights

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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels	1971	Vocal Music Avant-Garde Music
New York Counterpoint, for clarinet, bass clarinet & tape	1985	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Music for 18 Musicians, for 4 female voices & 16 instruments	1976	Vocal Music Avant-Garde Music
Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards	1981	Vocal Music
Vermont Counterpoint, for piccolo, flutes & tape	1982	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Come Out, for tape	1966	Electronic/Computer Music
The Desert Music, for small chorus & large orchestra	1984	Choral
Piano Phase, for 2 pianos (or 2 marimbas)	1967	Keyboard Avant-Garde Music
Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape	1988	Chamber Music
The Cave, multimedia theater work for piano, sampling keyboards & voice of Neville Chamberlain	1993	Show/Musical
Electric Counterpoint, for electric guitar, bass guitar & tape	1987	Chamber Music
Eight Lines (revision of "Octet"), for chamber orchestra	1979	Chamber Music Orchestral
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vibes & organ	1973	Vocal Music Avant-Garde Music
Nagoya Marimbas, for 2 marimbas	1994	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Clapping Music, for 2 performers	1972	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music
Four Organs, for 4 electric organs & maracas	1970	Chamber Music Keyboard
Six Pianos	1973	Keyboard
Music for Pieces of Wood, for 5 pairs of tuned claves	1973	Chamber Music
Pendulum Music, for 3 or more microphones, amps & loudspeakers	1968	Electronic/Computer Music
Sextet, for percussion, piano & synthesizers	1985	Chamber Music Avant-Garde Music