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Terry Riley: Obsessed and Passionate About All Music

By Frank J. Oteri on June 1, 2001One Comment


Terry Riley
Terry Riley
Drawing by Melissa Richard

Terry Riley in conversation with Frank J. Oteri
@ the Wortham Theater Center, Houston, TX

February 16, 2001

Transcribed by Julia Lu

  1. Earliest Musical Experiences
  2. Studying Composition and Discovering Jazz
  3. The Birth of Minimalism and In C
  4. Studying Indian Music
  5. Solo Keyboard Improvisations
  6. Just Intonation
  7. String Quartets & Other Chamber Music
  8. The Orchestra vs. Intimacy
  9. Music-Theater & a Vocal In C
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  • The music of Terry Riley « tiboresque says:
    February 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    [...] Obsessed and Passionate About All Music. Wortham Theatre Centre, Houston TX.  Available from http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/terry-riley-obsessed-and-passionate-about-all-music/  [Accessed on 11th February [...]

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