Minimalists


A survey of this controversial and distinctive style of concert music.


K Robert Schwartz


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Overview
  • The first overview of Minimalism aimed at a general public
  • Traces the lives of the Minimalist composers, of whom Philip Glass and Steve Reich are the best known, and discusses their most significant works
  • Sets the Minimalists in the context of the artistic milieu from which they emerged, discussing the work of predecessors such as La Monte Young and Terry Riley
  • By looking at the work of their successors, such as John Adams, Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen and Arvo Part, new light is thrown on the Minimalists themselves



In The Press
'Attractively produced, easily readable.' (Musical Times)

'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)


About the author(s)
K Robert Schwarz taught at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and wrote for the New York Times, Opera News and Rolling Stone.


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