Music for 18 Musicians

Album by Steve Reich & Ensemble Modern

Music for 18 Musicians is a composition by American composer Steve Reich, completed in 1976. The piece exemplifies Reich's minimalist approach, employing interlocking rhythmic patterns, a steady pulse and gradual harmonic shifts to create slowly evolving textures, and it represents a significant development in his career and in late 20th-century minimalism.
First released: 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses
    4:19
  2. 2.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section I
    4:17
  3. 3.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section II
    5:00
  4. 4.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIA
    3:31
  5. 5.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIB
    4:00
  6. 6.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section IV
    4:27
  7. 7.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section V
    5:51
  8. 8.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI
    4:19
  9. 9.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section VII
    4:08
  10. 10.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section VIII
    4:06
  11. 11.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section IX
    4:43
  12. 12.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section X
    1:12
  13. 13.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Section XI
    4:21
  14. 14.
    Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses
    3:47

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