Repetitive Minimalism in the Work of Philip Glass. Composition Techniques
Repetitive Minimalism in the Work of Philip Glass. Composition Techniques

Summary/Abstract: The music which renders Philip Glass’ vision is based on repetition. Musicalfigures are structured according to the so-called additive method – undoubtedly the maintechnique determining the characteristics of his style. It consists of adding new elements tothe basic melodic and/or rhythmic structure, resulting in an expanding musical discoursewhich is augmented or diminished and is applied more and more melodic and rhythmicconstraints, depending on the intentions of the compositional project. There is also the looptechnique, which becomes manifest by a series of added elements from electro acousticsand which is almost omnipresent as a basic minimalist technique.

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