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Terry Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school.
Born in Colfax, California, Riley studied at Shasta College, San Francisco State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory before earning an MA in composition at the University of California, Berkeley, studying with Seymour Shifrin and Robert Erickson. He was involved in the experimental San Francisco Tape Music Center working with Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, and Ramon Sender. His most influential teacher, however, was Pandit Pran Nath (1918–1996), a master of Indian classical voice, who also taught La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela. Riley made numerous trips to India over the course of their association to study and to accompany him on tabla, tambura, and voice. Throughout the 1960s he traveled frequently around Europe as well, taking in musical influences and supporting himself by playing in piano bars, until he joined the Mills College faculty in 1971 to teach Indian classical music. Riley was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Music at Chapman University in 2007.
While his early endeavours were influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Riley changed direction after first encountering La Monte Young, in whose Theater of Eternal Music he later performed from 1965-66.
Born in Colfax, California, Riley studied at Shasta College, San Francisco State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory before earning an MA in composition at the University of California, Berkeley, studying with Seymour Shifrin and Robert Erickson. He was involved in the experimental San Francisco Tape Music Center working with Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, and Ramon Sender. His most influential teacher, however, was Pandit Pran Nath (1918–1996), a master of Indian classical voice, who also taught La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela. Riley made numerous trips to India over the course of their association to study and to accompany him on tabla, tambura, and voice. Throughout the 1960s he traveled frequently around Europe as well, taking in musical influences and supporting himself by playing in piano bars, until he joined the Mills College faculty in 1971 to teach Indian classical music. Riley was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Music at Chapman University in 2007.
While his early endeavours were influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Riley changed direction after first encountering La Monte Young, in whose Theater of Eternal Music he later performed from 1965-66.
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spilled_milk wrote:
this man is a genius
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toberg wrote:
grandios!
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opiaulolokop wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Opiaulolokop
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simillarian wrote:
I get to see Terry Riley!!! :) I get to see Terry Riley!!!!!!
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♥♥♥
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Memotas wrote:
,,,, MASTER,,, MASTER!!!
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Naren2108 wrote:
Just discovered him. Amazing music. Particularly Shri Camel and A Rainbow In Curved Air.
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spilled_milk wrote:
dumblecore
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simillarian wrote:
Why are idiots at this shoutbox?
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simillarian wrote:
What a magnificent mind
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MercuryGuy wrote:
A review, bio, and interviews of Terry Riley in Russian: http://www.lossy.ru/forums/showthread.php?t=819
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deermead wrote:
i like the one that goes like wut wut for like 30 minutes.
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Gamester wrote:
Hey! Care to join the new "American Classical Music" group? Check it out and join if you like! :o)
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pikkipikki wrote:
i would have to agree with you winterhymn (hi btw!) about in c - that's what first *really* made terry riley catch my attention. i would love to hear more work like that if he's done any.
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Ponanza wrote:
Let's get one thing straight... Albus Dumbledore LOOKS LIKE Terry Riley. Not the other way around.
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h4h4 wrote:
Wtf I thought Dumbledore died.
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Foogou wrote:
We found him by a circuitous route way back, including through John Martyn Robert Fripp, and The Who. This name kept cropping up as an influence. http://www.last.fm/label/InvertedEarMusic
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dabdabdeedooo wrote:
yeah man that's also what i thought :D
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LongLiveTheD wrote:
He reminds me Dumbledore...
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psychrock88 wrote:
the man
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