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Terry Riley
Terry Riley
American Composer
Born: Jun 24, 1935
Break Important Long Music Time Would-Be
Related authors: Eubie Blake George Crumb John Cage John Williams Leonard Bernstein Oscar Levant Stephen Sondheim Virgil Thomson
Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns. Terry Riley
Music Musical Melody Introduce Main Over Over It Without Repeated Western Repetition Contribution Any Essentially Just Anything Patterns Ingredient
We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being. Terry Riley
Human Being Understanding Dissolve Through New Going Human Being Break Either Race Human Race
I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn't seem to get tired. Terry Riley
Time Tired Long Long Time Would Able Seem Hours Hours And Hours Without Repeated Get Just Stopping Patterns Plan Really Really Long Time Play Started Playing
Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound. Terry Riley
Music Musicians Live Fragments Out Kind Would Would-Be Fabric Able Take Abstract Make Sound Doing Repetition Wanted Decided Experimentation Create Play
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays. Terry Riley
First Back Saxophone All Night Some Delays About Had Also Talking Concerts Did Little Night

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