Philip Glass

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composer human minimalist composer

Philip Glass is an influential American composer known for his pioneering work in minimalism and his distinctive, repetitive musical structures in operas, film scores, and concert works.

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Philip Glass canonical	28

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instanceOf	composer ⓘ human ⓘ minimalist composer ⓘ
awardReceived	Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1937-01-31 ⓘ
educatedAt	Juilliard School ⓘ Nadia Boulanger ⓘ surface form: Nadia Boulanger’s composition class in Paris University of Chicago ⓘ
familyName	Glass ⓘ
founded	Philip Glass Ensemble ⓘ
genre	contemporary classical music ⓘ minimal music ⓘ
givenName	Philip ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://philipglass.com/ ⓘ
influenced	John Adams ⓘ Steve Reich ⓘ contemporary minimalist composers ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian classical music ⓘ Ravi Shankar ⓘ Western classical music ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	holy minimalism ⓘ surface form: minimalism
name	Philip Glass self-link ⓘ
notableFor	concert works ⓘ film scores ⓘ operas ⓘ pioneering minimalism in music ⓘ repetitive musical structures ⓘ
notableWork	Akhenaten ⓘ surface form: Akhnaten Einstein on the Beach ⓘ Glassworks ⓘ Koyaanisqatsi (film score) ⓘ Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (film score) ⓘ Satyagraha ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 "Company" ⓘ Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" ⓘ The Hours (film score) ⓘ Violin Concerto No. 1 ⓘ Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons" ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
studiedUnder	Darius Milhaud ⓘ Nadia Boulanger ⓘ

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Juilliard School → hasAlumni → Philip Glass ⓘ

Glenn Gould Prize → notableLaureate → Philip Glass ⓘ

Aaron Copland → influenced → Philip Glass ⓘ

The Hours → composer → Philip Glass ⓘ

Fantastic Four (2015 film) → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

The Truman Show → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

John Adams (composer) → influencedBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

John Cage → influenced → Philip Glass ⓘ

Kundun → composer → Philip Glass ⓘ

Kundun → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Nonesuch Records → notableArtist → Philip Glass ⓘ

Nadia Boulanger → notableStudent → Philip Glass ⓘ

Glass → hasNotableBearer → Philip Glass ⓘ

Wu Man → collaboratedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ

Philip Glass → name → Philip Glass self-link ⓘ

John Giorno → collaboratedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ

Bang on a Can All-Stars → collaboratedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ

American Conservatory at Fontainebleau → notableAlumnus → Philip Glass ⓘ

Laurie Anderson → collaboratedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ

Hamburger Hill → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Ravi Shankar → associatedAct → Philip Glass ⓘ

The Illusionist → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Angelique Kidjo → performedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ

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No Reservations → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Notes on a Scandal → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Secret Window → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh → musicBy → Philip Glass ⓘ

Nico Muhly → hasCollaboratedWith → Philip Glass ⓘ