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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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Sevish wrote:
I love Terry Riley's "The Harp of New Albion" - some of the best music I've ever heard. I should probably catch up and listen to In C, A Rainbow in Curved Air, but the microtonal stuff seems a lot more interesting. Harp of New Albion, go get it, it's beauty in music form.
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JoshCIVM wrote:
Walt Whitman of music both in appearance and style.
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cadenza on the night plain OWNS!!!
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even his beard is a genius on its own.
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spilled_milk wrote:
this man is a genius
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grandios!
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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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,,,, 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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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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