Terry Riley

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Terry Riley is an American composer and pioneer of minimalism whose innovative works, such as "In C," profoundly shaped contemporary classical and experimental music.

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Terry Riley canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American person
composer
human
minimalist composer
musical composition
musician
organist
pianist
birthDate 1935-06-24
birthPlace Colfax, California, United States NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Kronos Quartet NERFINISHED
La Monte Young NERFINISHED
Pandit Pran Nath NERFINISHED
composer Terry Riley NERFINISHED
education San Francisco State University NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED
familyName Riley NERFINISHED
genre contemporary classical music
electronic music
experimental music
minimalism
tape music
givenName Terry NERFINISHED
influenced Brian Eno NERFINISHED
Curved Air NERFINISHED
John Adams NERFINISHED
Kronos Quartet NERFINISHED
Philip Glass NERFINISHED
Soft Machine NERFINISHED
Steve Reich NERFINISHED
The Who NERFINISHED
influencedBy Indian classical music
La Monte Young NERFINISHED
Pandit Pran Nath NERFINISHED
knownFor developing repetitive structures in music
foundational role in musical minimalism
pioneering tape loop techniques
movement contemporary classical music
experimental music
minimalism
name Terry Riley NERFINISHED
nationality United States of America
surface form: United States
notableWork A Rainbow in Curved Air NERFINISHED
In C NERFINISHED
Persian Surgery Dervishes NERFINISHED
Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band NERFINISHED
Requiem for Adam NERFINISHED
Salome Dances for Peace NERFINISHED
Shri Camel NERFINISHED
Sun Rings NERFINISHED
The Harp of New Albion NERFINISHED
occupation composer
musician
organist
pianist
premiereYear 1964
studentOf Pandit Pran Nath NERFINISHED

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Description of subject: Terry Riley is an American composer and pioneer of minimalism whose innovative works, such as "In C," profoundly shaped contemporary classical and experimental music.

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John Adams (composer) influencedBy Terry Riley
Baba O'Riley namedAfter Terry Riley