Minimalism

hello all and welcome to a lecture about minimalism. There's a fair bit of misunderstanding surrounding minimalism and so this video explores how the seemingly simple compositional approach is actually deceptively complex.

Techniques discussed:
sustained tones/drones
microtonality
repetition
indeterminacy
phasing / phase shifting
textural layering
additive processes
harmonic stasis

Chapters:
00.00 Pre-title preamble
00:14 Titles
00:16 Introduction: Minimalism
02:18 Key Techniques in Minimalism
03:12 Phasing
03:32 Steve Reich piano phase
04:05 Additive Processes
04:13 Olivier Messiaen (additive processes)
04:20 Philip Glass Einstein on a Beach
05:14 Beethoven Moonlight Sonata
06:31 Terry Riley In C
07:46 Steve Reich Clapping Music
08:44 Layers and Textures
08:56 Steve Reich Tehillim
09:34 Non-Western Influences
09:54 Steve Reich Drumming
10:03 Compositional Structures: Open Forms
10:53 La Monte Young The Well-Tuned Piano
11:39 John Adams (Post-Minimalist)
12:14 Summary of Main Points

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