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There are two formulaically identical sections to the movement. Although rhythmically driven, the melodic implications of "Floe" occur somewhat coincidentally by orchestration. There is no
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The Aesthetics of Minimalistic Music and a Schenkerian-Oriented Analysis of the First Movement "Opening" of Philip Glass' Glassworks
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The album was commercially successful, introduced Glass's music to a large audience, and gave Glass widespread name recognition.
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were released in 1982, each with its own separate mix: the record album intended for home listening and the tape for
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was intended to introduce my music to a more general audience than had been familiar with it up to then.
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is characteristic of the piece as a whole. Floe borrows a theme from
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repeated four times each, ABC:||ABC, which then merges with the next
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simply repeats over and over again. The layering of contrasting
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Glassworks (Glass)
Philip Glass
Postmodern
minimalist
Chamber music
Sony Classical Records
chamber music
Philip Glass
Walkman
LP
cassette
personal cassette players
Koyaanisqatsi
triplet
notes
duple
eighth notes

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Formally
measure
phrases
chords
movement
modulation
progression
timbres
Jean Sibelius
fifth symphony
Philippe Petit
Man on Wire

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