Steve reichs music has had a profound effect on the contemporary percussionists. The basic idea is that carefully chosen speech recordings generate the musical materials for musical instruments. In after the reich,giles macdonogh has written a comprehensive history of germany and austria in the postwar period, drawing on a vast array of contemporary firstperson accounts of the period. Steve reich reinventing classical music, classical notes. Different trains is a piece by steve reich which imagines how he, as a jew, would have travelled on very different trains in europe during the second world war. Steve reich, different trains 1988 digital video and audio excerpt, with background information. If file is multipart dont forget to check all parts before downloading. Steve reichs different trains rhythm singing scribd. Reich uses recorded spoken phrases of his governess, a retired pullman porter, and various holocaust survivors interlaid with the astounding kronos quartet to contrast his childhood memories of train journeys between new york and california in. Quantities in parenthesis are total number of units in that order if different from 20 production. This late80s work finds the minimalist composer mixing acoustic and taped material to great effect.
As reich describes the project, the idea for the piece comes from my childhood. The signature piece here, different trains, was inspired by steve reichs experiences travelling by rail during the time of world war ii. Works cd from nonesuch which has other pieces of mine as well. Listening to steve reichs holocaust opus different trains. The different trains of the title are trains that have had an impact on reichs own life. Listen free to steve reich different trains triple quartet. Reichsfolk group, and is a written constitution for the fourth reich. Performed days before steve reichs 80th birthday, this site specific performance of different trains was the first to pair the piece with a visual element. Different trainselectric counterpoint album lyrics by steve reich.
Lco soloists will perform steve reichs different trains on september 29th as part of a special sitespecific event at metal liverpools edge hill station, the oldest active passenger railway station in the world for the first time in the compositions 28year history a film accompaniment has been permitted, in the form of a newly commissioned work from artist and filmmaker bill morrison. Although no author was given, its content for example, the way of the folk, the folk community, the use of the word numinous, the code of honour indicates that it was written by myatt. Steve reichs different trains on researchgate, the professional network for scientists. 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. Steve reichs different trains is a 27minute work for string quartet and tape, written in 1988 to a commission from the kronos quartet. Different trains is made up of three movements, which bear the following titles. Steve reich s different trains is a 27minute work for string quartet and tape, written in 1988 to a commission from the kronos quartet. In 1988, steve reich completed different trains, his magnum opus for string. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. America before the war europe during the war after the war. As we continue to execute on our fiveyear strategic plan, we are confident. Different trains 1988 will probably go down in history as reichs masterpiece. Reichs phaseshifting minimalism is made dazzlingly entertaining in different trains, which is scored for string quartet and digitally sampled voices that repeat bits of speech concerning trains and reichs experience with them growing up.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. However, different trains was a novel experiment, using recorded speech as a source for melodies. It won a grammy award in 1990 for best contemporary classical composition. In different trains 1988, steve reich presents a semiautobiographical account of the holocaust that electronically mixes his memories of being a jewish child in the 1940s with those of childsurvivors of the holocaust who later recorded their testimonies. Histoire des arts different trains steve reich by ines. Steve reich different trains americabefore the war.
Click download file button or copy steve reich url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in 1988. This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that. In partnership with sound intermedia, liverpool biennial, southbank centre and culture liverpool metal staged a sitespecific performance of different trains at edge hill station, composed by steve reich, performed by the london contemporary orchestra, and accompanied by. The words were recorded by reich from several sources.
In doing so, he has finally given a voice the millions of who, lucky to survive the war, found themselves struggling to survive a hellish peace. This is steve reich different trains part 1america before the war by lost highway on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Technological overview of the next generation shinkansen. Different trains, for string quartet and prerecorded performance tape, begins a new way of composing that. Different trains different trains part one introduction and the use of music technology different trains part two thematic development different trains part three thematic development and continuity different trains.
Though it is centered by a string quartet piece, different trains is, in many ways, aligned with reichs early, experimental work, both in its political theme and its grand scale. A central question that this book has worked on is that of what it might mean to remember something one was not part of, to memorialise an event or experience that happened to others with whom one. Ns reorganizes, cuts operating regions from 3 to 2. Different trains 1989, which is certainly one of my best, has come out as a grandparent. Different trains uses human speech played as evershorter fragments until they become just notes in a musical work. Technological overview of the next generation shinkansen highspeed train series n700 m.
Watanabe 2 1central japan railway company, tokyo, japan, 2west japan railway company, osaka, japan abstract in march 2005, central japan railway company jr central has completed prototype. Watch steve reichs different trains performed by the lco. Steve reich different trains comptes rendus 435 mots. Steve reichs different trains brought together various strands of his musical thinking phase shifting, sampling of voices, jewish experience, and the combination of live instruments with prerecorded sound, to name some in a highly personal synthesis that is both moving and compactly powerful. At first, the concept of different trains seems like a shameless conceit as reich compares two superficially similar types of transportation the transcontinental trains that shuttled him between his divorced parents in new york and california throughout his sheltered childhood, and those that crossed europe at the same time to carry holocaust. Estimated build date, unconfirmed by publication date.
In 1988, reich wrote a composition honoring that revelation, called different trains. Drumming 1971, music for 18 musicians 1976 and different trains. Its rare that one says this about a contemporary composer, but its become too easy to take steve reich for granted. The composition earned him a grammy for best contemporary classical composition in 1989 and has been recorded by the duke string quartet, the kronos quartet, and here by the smith quartet. Steve reichs different trains with london contemporary. Steve reichs earlier work had frequently used tape, looped and played back at different speeds. In 1988, steve reich new york, 1936 composed the threepart different trains for the kronos quartet. Electric counterpoint recorded september 26 october 1, 1987 at power station, new york city.
For fans of steve reich there would appear, at first glance, much to make them wary. Steve reichs different trains free download as pdf file. Different trains by steve reich 1936 sheet music for. Steve reich, sheet music, scores reiche, gottfried reicha, anton. Piano phase steve reich classical and art music traditions. Next to recordings of train whistles and sirens, steve reich has also resound some forty fragments of sentences spoken, among others, by his governess and survivors of the holocaust, as follows. Steve reich arranged his different trains and triple quartet for larger string forces and these have been coupled with one of his rare forays into orchestral music. To soldout houses at venues as diverse as carnegie hall and the bottom line cabaret. Since they arranged divided custody, i travelled back and forth by train frequently between new york and. The pattern of sound, both the pitch and rhythm is mirrored by the string quartet.
Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides jews were forced to take to nazi concentration. Life in the third reich by richard bessel in djvu, doc, txt download ebook. Recognised as one of the foremost composers of our time, minimalist steve reich was, for many years, considered. Steve reich 75th birthday concert so percussion, above, joined the kronos quartet. This is it the greatest of the early minimal works of steve reich. Conceptual experiments with outofphase tape recorders on the enigmatic its gonna rain and come out the influence of this track even permeates into the work of capt beefheart. The works three movements have the following titles. Sotw takes a look at minimalism and composer steve reichs different trains, a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape 1988.
Steve reich different trainselectric counterpoint 1989. Of course, thats a sign of just how influential his music has been, the way. Different trains electric counterpoint by steve reich, pat metheny from amazons classical music store. Steve reichs different trains tempo cambridge core. Steve reich is in the enviable position, for a living. String quartet, tapecd sheet music book by steve reich 1936. Different trains recorded august 31 september 9, 1988 at russian hill recording, san francisco.
Reich famously wrote about the central conceit of different trains. Recording of his company of the trip recalling the train trip in america. Locomotive drive railroad history, vintage train videos. Rows in italics are updates to year 2012 production. Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in.
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