Listening to steve reichs holocaust opus different trains. The basic idea is that carefully chosen speech recordings generate the musical materials for musical instruments. Steve reich music for 18 musicians score pdf download download. In 1988, steve reich new york, 1936 composed the threepart different trains for the kronos quartet. Firstly, it is about his memories as a jewish child in america during wwii and their links to the holocaust. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The last movement of different trains, after the war, begins quickly, with only one stringed instrument at first, then another, this time no longer echoing the trains. Different trains is in three movements played without pause, although that term is stretched here since tempos change frequently in each movement. Steve reichs different trains with london contemporary. Different trains by steve reich 1936 sheet music for. Steve reichs different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988, is widely recognised as one of the most significant musical compositions of the.
Steve reich s different trains is a 27minute work for string quartet and tape, written in i988 to a commission from the kronos quartet. Download steve reich different trains, electric counterpoint. Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in 1988. Pdf on mar 1, 1990, christopher fox and others published steve reichs different trains find, read and cite all the research you need on. After the war prerecorded material from steve reich s different trains performed by the. Hps 1168 sue sns ere daan vat hendon music boosey cy hawkes hps 1168 steve reich different trains for string quartet. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favorite tracks with your friends. Different trains, for string quartet and prerecorded performance tape, begins a new way of composing that has its roots in my early tape pieces its gonna rain 1965 and come out 1966. Different trains recorded august 31 september 9, 1988 at russian hill recording, san francisco. Steve reich music for 18 musicians score pdf download. Steve reich s different trains 1988 can be considered a selfportraying work in two ways. Steve reich different trains americabefore the war. Steve reich s different trains steve reich electriccounterpoint. Steve reich different trains lyrics and tracklist genius.
Get all the lyrics to songs on different trains and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. In 1988, reich wrote a composition honoring that revelation, called. This paper explores the emergence of speechmelody composition in the early 1980s in the works of scott johnson john somebody 1982 and steve reich different trains 1988. Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in. Its original release was performed by the kronos quartet and won the grammy award for best classical contemporary composition in 1989. This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that. This work requires additional technological components andor amplification. Performed days before steve reich s 80th birthday, this site specific performance of different trains was the first to pair the piece with a visual element.
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