Steve Reich

In the late 1960s and early 1970s Steve Reich was considered a fringe experimentalist. His work consisted largely of repeating slowly changing patterns unlike either the serialism or the aleatory that predominated at that time. Today however Reich is one of the most prominent and celebrated contemporary composers one about whom the scholarly and popular literature offers an assortment of critical historical and analytical perspectives. Author D.J. Hoek''s bio-bibliography serves as an essential guide to this literature comprehensively surveying Reich''s life and workcluded are details of all of Reich''s compositions: dates instrumentation premiere performances and publishers; a discography listing all commercial recordings of the composer''s oeuvre; and an annotated bibliography of publications in English French German and Italian. The Reich scholar or aficionado could not find a more thorough encapsulation of his brilliant career.