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String Quartet No. 2 (Glass) String Quartet No. 2, also known by its other title Company, is a string quartet by American composer Philip Glass. This composition was finished in January 1983 in New York City, and was expected to be a piece of instrumental music for Fred Neumann's adaptation of Samuel Beckett 's 1979 novella with the ...
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. [1] [2] [3] [4] Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers.
- Composer
- List of compositions
- 1964–present
- Works For The Philip Glass Ensemble
- Operas
- Chamber Operas, Music Theatre
- Works For Solo Piano Or Electric Organ
- Works For Solo Piano, Arranged by Others from Various Sources
- Works For Two Or More Pianos
- String Quartets
- Chamber Music
- Chamber Music (Other Than String Quartets), Arranged by Others
- Works For Solo Instruments
600 Lines(1967)How Nowfor ensemble (also for piano, 1968)Music in Fifths(1969)Music in Similar Motion(1969)Einstein on the Beach for the Philip Glass Ensemble (1975–1976, with Robert Wilson)Satyagraha (1978–1979, premiered in 1980, libretto by Constance DeJong)The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down, Act V – The Rome Section (1983, with Robert Wilson, libretto by Robert Wilson and Maita di Niscemi, including texts by Seneca the Younger)A Madrigal Operafor six voices, violin and viola (1980)The Photographer for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1982, based on the life of Eadweard Muybridge)The Juniper Tree (1984, with Robert Moran, libretto by Arthur Yorinks)The Fall of the House of Usher (libretto by Arthur Yorinks after the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, 1987)How Nowfor piano or electric organ (1968)Two Pagesfor piano or electric organ (1968)Music in Contrary Motionfor electric organ (1969)Another Look at Harmony, Part 3for electric organ (1975)Trilogy Sonata for piano (1975/1979/1983, from Einstein, Sathyagraha and Akhnaten, arranged by Paul Barnesin 2001)Closing from "Mishima" for piano (1984, transcribed by Michael Riesman)Anima Mundifor piano (1991, transcribed by Michael Riesman)Selections from "A Brief History of Time"for piano (1991, transcribed by Michael Riesman)In Again Out Againfor two pianos (1967)Six Scenes from Les Enfants Terribles for two pianos (1996, transcribed by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies)Four Movements for Two Pianos(2008)Two Movements for Four Pianos(2013)String Quartet No. 1 (1966)String Quartet No. 2 Company (1984, composed for a dramatization of Samuel Beckett's novella)String Quartet No. 3 Mishima(1985)String Quartet No. 4 Buczak (1989, dedicated to Brian Buczak and commissioned by Geoffrey Hendricks)Brass Sextet (1962–1964)Playfor two saxophones (1965, music for Samuel Beckett's play)Music for Ensemble and Two Actressesfor wind sextet and two speakers (1965)Head Onfor violin, cello and piano (1967)The Windcatcher for saxophone sextet (1992/2002, arranged from 'Love Divided By' by Nico Muhly)String Sextet (1995/2009, adapted from Symphony No.3 by Michael Riesman)Strung Outfor amplified violin (1967)Gradusfor soprano saxophone (1968)Arabesque in Memoriamfor flute (1988)France from The Screensfor violin (1989)12 apr 2024 · Philip Glass, American composer of innovative instrumental, vocal, and operatic music. His notable works included the operas Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, and he wrote scores for a number of movies. Learn more about Glass’s life and career, including his collaborations with other musicians.
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compositions. Company. for string orchestra. 1983. 8′. Music by Philip Glass. CAST: str. COMMISSION: Commissioned by the Mabou Mines Development Foundation for the dramatization of Samuel Beckett’s prose poem “Company” PREMIERE: 1983 in the Public Theater, New York. NOTES: This is an arrangement for string orchestra of String Quartet No. 2.
20 ott 2023 · As Glass’s career flourished, his influence extended outward into pop, rock and, perhaps most notably, electronic music. Although Glass has never composed a purely electronic piece, many of his performances and recordings have incorporated synthesizers, amplifiers and various pieces of music technology.
Indeed, Glass is the first composer to win a wide, multi-generational audience in the opera house, the concert hall, the dance world, in film and in popular music – simultaneously. He was born in 1937 and grew up in Baltimore. He studied at the University of Chicago, the Juilliard School and in Aspen with Darius Milhaud.
