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Mike Leghorn <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:00:07 -0500
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Glenn Freeman wrote:

>Here is my list of 10 recent composers/pieces of very high quality ...
>
>Glass - Anything
>Feldman - Anything
>Cage - Number Pieces (works composed 1987-1992)
>Nyman - Anything
>Hovhaness - Anything
>Gordon - Anything
>Reich - Anything
>Stockhausen - Almost Anything
>Ligeti - Almost Anything
>Erb - Almost Anything

Glass? Really? To me all his music sounds the same.  I think he found a
unique style (more like a formula), and stuck with it his whole career
thus far.  I bet any decent composer could analyze Glass's music and
produce reams and reams of music that sounds just like his.

Mike

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