‘documentary about minimalist composers young – riley – reich and glass’.. 

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In the first part of the 20th century classical music was stripped of its majesty and injected with a healthy dose of discord and dissonance by avant-garde pioneers like Arnold Schoenberg – Pierre Boulez and John Cage.

Then in 1950s California and New York a new form of contemporary classical music emerged: minimalism.

‘Tones, Drones and Arpeggios’ is a terrific two episode BBC Four documentary on American minimalism pioneers La Monte Young – Terry Riley (above) – Steve Reich and Philip Glass who reimagined ‘classical’ music and had a massive and continuing influence on punk – experimental – ambient and electronic music.

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Source: Fascinating documentary about minimalist composers Young, Riley, Reich, and Glass / Boing Boing