Music in Twelve Parts

Album by Philip Glass

Music in Twelve Parts is an album documenting Philip Glass’s minimalist cycle for the Philip Glass Ensemble, employing additive processes, interlocking patterns and sustained harmonies across twelve movements. Scored for keyboards, woodwinds and voice, it explores gradual transformation within a repetitive framework.
First released: 17th September 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 1
    18:16
  2. 2.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 5 (conclusion)
    18:47
  3. 3.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 9
    12:14
  4. 4.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 6
    14:10
  5. 5.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 2
    19:17
  6. 6.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 10
    17:09
  7. 7.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 3
    13:16
  8. 8.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 7
    19:58
  9. 9.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 11
    14:30
  10. 10.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 4
    17:19
  11. 11.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 12
    18:20
  12. 12.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 8
    18:17
  13. 13.
    Music in Twelve Parts: Part 5 (beginning)
    4:27

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