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1964 - The Rise of Minimalism

In 1964, the American composer Terry Riley put on a concert of his music at the San Francisco Tape Music Centre, a concert which saw the premiere of a work which is now seen as one of the first pieces of musical Minimalism: In C.

Examining In C and a host of other works, Charles Hazlewood and the ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra explore the rise of this phenomenon, its popularity today and its roots in both American and European music of the past.

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50 minutes

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Role Contributor
Composer Terry Riley