steve reich
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- Steve Reich
- born in 1936
- compositions influenced by non-Western traditions
- Electric Conterpoint composed in 1987
- commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the jazz guitarist Pat Metheny
- Counterpoint refers to a texture where two or more melodic lines are combined
- scored for solo guitar, 12 guitars and 2 bass guitars
- soloist plays live against a pre-recorded backgroud
- it is in three movements, fast-slow-fast
- movement 3 has a time signature of 3/2
- it is in three movements, fast-slow-fast
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