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Mysteries And What’s So Funny

Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC, and Lincoln Center. piano and voice Written for the play by David Gordon.

Naqoyqatsi

80′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Strings, Picc/fl.*, Fl.*, Cl., Ob/Eh,* Eh.*, Bcl., Bn., Hn 1, Hn 2, Hn 3, Hn 4, Tpt 1, Tpt , Tpt 3, Tpt 4, Trb 1, Trb 2, Trb 3, B. Trb, tuba, Harp. Plus: solo cello, solo mezzo-soprano, choir, tons of percussion including tympani, vibes, marimba, and xylophone; keyboards…
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Music In Fifths

12′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Music in Fifths at Wise Music Classical RECORDINGS: Two Pages / Contrary Motion / Music In Fifths / Music In Similar Motion on Nonesuch

Music In Similar Motion

12′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. 2.pic.2.Eh.2.Ecl.bcl.2/4.2.2.2.1/ eorg or pg/ str Music in Similar Motion is an open score which can be performed by any group of instruments; it is not confined to the arrangement listed. New orchestration for chamber orchestra written in 1981. The real innovation in “Similar Motion” is its sense of drama. The…
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Music In Twelve Parts

Approx. 4 hours Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Philip Glass Ensemble (voice, winds, keyboards) New York Town’s Hall, 1974. Music in Twelve Parts, written by Philip Glass between 1971 and 1974, is a deliberate, encyclopedic compendium of some techniques of repetition the composer had been evolving since the mid 1960s. It holds an important place in…
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Music With Changing Parts

12′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. PGE Music With Changing Parts at Wise Music Classical RECORDINGS: GlassJukebox on Nonesuch Music with Changing Parts on Nonesuch Icebreaker on OMM

Music For Voices

13′ Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. Originally played by the Mabou Mines Theater Company. RECORDINGS: Early Voice on Orange Mountain Music

Music In Contrary Motion

undetermined duration Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. organ “Contrary Motion” was written in what Glass calls ‘open form’ – it never really ends. it just stops. The expanding figures upon which it is constructed could, theoretically, continue augmenting forever. — Tim Page Music in Contrary Motion at Wise Music Classical Music in Contrary Motion for Organ…
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Music For Beckett’s Play

Music by Philip Glass. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers. two soprano saxophones Play used two soprano saxophones, each given two notes to play against each other, in a constantly shifting pattern. What was heard was never exactly the same, but it never really changed very much. I wrote six or eight little sections like that and put them on a…
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