minimalist music

10 best pieces of minimalist classical music for ultimate...

• Terry Riley: In C (1964)
• Julius Eastman: Femenine No.
• Arvo Pärt: Für Alina (1976)
• Meredith Monk: Ellis Island (1981)
• Philip Glass: Glassworks No.
• Steve Reich, Different Trains (1988)
• Michael Nyman: The Heart Asks Pleasure First (1993)

1960s Minimalism is a branch of modern classical music developed in New York in the early 1960s by composers such as Reich, Philip Glass and Terry Riley.

Minimalist music is created from short musical patterns. The patterns are repeated, layered and changed to make them interesting. It started in San Francisco in the 1960s. Famous minimalist composers include Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Philip Glass.

Influenced by jazz, African drumming, and Balinese gamelan music, by the 1970s, Reich expanded his phasing technique in works like Clapping Music (1972). The piece begins with both players clapping a basic rhythm in unison.

The basic characteristics of minimalist music are simple musical patterns of limited numbers of notes. The patterns will be repeated throughout the composition. Different instruments will play the same pattern in layers to create harmony.

a lifestyle involving a reduction or simplification of one's material possessions that frees one to lead an existence that is more intentional, purposeful, spiritual, etc.:Inspired by a guru of minimalism, the couple sold their house and began living on the road in an RV.

This music is often repetitive, but sometimes it consists of a single chord pitch sustained at great length. So-called minimalist music is usually tonal, at least in the United States, but there is a strong showing of atonal minimalist music in Europe.

And, unlike twelve-tone music, which avoided repetition at all costs, minimalist composers made repetition the very focus of their music. Change was introduced very slowly through small variations of repeated patterns, and, in many cases, these changes were almost imperceptible to the listener.

Minimalist music often features:

• layers of ostinati.
• constantly repeated patterns that are subjected to gradual changes.
• layered textures.
• interlocking repeated phrases and rhythms.
• diatonic harmony.

Minimalism, chiefly American movement in the visual arts and music originating in New York City in the late 1960s and characterized by extreme simplicity of form and a literal, objective approach.

Minimal house music refers to a style of 4 on the floor dance music that features an emphasis on less is more. The tracks typically have less elements and focus more on quality the of sounds, where the sounds sits in space, and a gradual subtle progression that hypnotizes the listener.

Minimalism, a concept often associated with New York in the 1960s, is now globally recognized for its emphasis on simplicity, utility, and elegance. Referred to by several names including ABC art, Literalist art, Object art, or Cool art, it's the ethos of "LESS IS MORE" that sets the minimalist approach apart.