From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glassworks
Glassworks
Glassworks Glass-like work. Following his larger-scale concert and
stage works, Glassworks was Philip Glass’s successful at-
tempt to create a more pop-oriented "Walkman-suitable"
work, with considerably shorter and more accessible
pieces written for the recording studio. The studio album
was released in 1982.
“ Glassworks was intended to introduce my mu- ”
sic to a more general audience than had been
familiar with it up to then.
—Philip Glass [1]
Movements
• I. Opening (piano (hn)) 6’
• II. Floe (2fl, 2 ssx, 2 tsx, 2hn, syn) 7’
Studio album by Philip Glass
• III. Island (2fl, 2 ssx, tsx, bcl, 2hn, vla, vc) 8’
Released 1982 • IV. Rubric (fl, ssx, tsx, 2hn, org) 6’
• V. Façades (2ssx, syn, vla, vc) 7’ - This has its origins
Recorded 1981
in the film score Koyaanisqatsi, but was ultimately not
Genre Classical music used in the film; it is often performed as a work in its
Label CBS Records/Sony Classical own right (ISWC T-010.461.089-0).
• VI. Closing (fl, cl, bcl, hn, vla, vc, pno) 6’ - A reprise of
Philip Glass chronology Opening.
Glassworks Koyaanisqatsi
(1982) (1983)
"Opening"
"Opening" uses triplet eighth notes, over duple eighth
notes, over whole notes in 4/4. Formally it consists of
Glassworks
three groups of four measure phrases of three to four
chords repeated four times each, ABC:||ABC, which then
Chamber music by Philip Glass
merges with the next movement, "Floe" with the en-
Genre Classical trance of the horns.
"Rubric" and "Façades" both appeared in the 1988
Period Contemporary
documentary about Phillippe Petit, High Wire.
Style Postmodern, minimalist
Language English References
Duration 40’ [1] Philip Glass: Music: Glassworks
ISWC T-070.067.582-6
Derivation Original work
Composed 1981 (1981)
Première 1982 (1982), studio recording
Publisher Dunvagen Music Publishers
Glassworks is a chamber music work of six movements by
Philip Glass. It is regarded as being a characteristically
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glassworks
Categories:
• Minimalistic compositions
• 1982 albums
• Compositions by Philip Glass
• Ballets to the music of Philip Glass
• Philip Glass albums
• 1981 compositions
• CBS Records albums
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