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Steve Reich

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Matt Byars

Published November 29, 2018 at 11:01 AM EST

Steve Reich long ago transcended the "minimalist" tag to stand as one of America's greatest and most influential living composers. In this episode, he details the effects that the music of Stravinsky, Perotin, and John Coltrane had on some of his seminal pieces.

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