Fifty Years Ago, These Four Pieces Of Music Blew Up The Modernist Status Quo

Mark Swed: Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ “is simply a collection of 53 melodic motives, all in or around the key of C. Any instrument or vocalist — and any number of them — can play or sing. Each motive is repeated, over a pulse, as long as each performer wants before … Read entire story.

Source: ArtsJournal