# Steve Reich

Steve Reich ou Stephen Michael Reich (Nova Iorque, 3 de outubro de 1936) é considerado um dos mais importantes compositores da música minimalista e da música modalista.
Estudou percussão aos catorze anos com o timpanista da Orquestra Filarmônica de Nova Iorque; formou-se em Filosofia na Universidade Cornell; estudou composição por dois anos com Hall Overton, de 1958 até 1961 na escola de música Juilliard. Além disso, estudou em institutos africanos e balineses. Em 1990 ganhou o Grammy de melhor compositor contemporâneo.
Recebeu o Prémio Pulitzer de Música em 2009 por Double Sextet.

## Obras

* Soundtrack for The Plastic Haircut, tape (1963)
* It's Gonna Rain, tape (1965)
* Soundtrack for Oh Dem Watermelons, tape (1965)
* Come Out, tape (1966)
* Melodica, melodica and tape (1966)
* Piano Phase for two pianos, or two marimbas (1967)
* Slow Motion Sound concept piece (1967)
* Violin Phase for violin and tape or four violins (1967)
* My Name Is for three tape recorders and performers (1967)
* Pendulum Music for 3 or 4 microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers (1968) (revised 1973)
* Four Organs for four electric organs and maracas (1970)
* Phase Patterns for four electric organs (1970)
* Drumming for 4 pairs of tuned bongo drums, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, 2 female voices, whistling and piccolo (1970/1971)
* Clapping Music for two musicians clapping (1972)
* Music for Pieces of Wood for five pairs of tuned claves (1973)
* Six Pianos (1973) - transcribed as Six Marimbas (1986)
* Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
* Music for 18 Musicians (1974–76)
* Music for a Large Ensemble (1978)
* Octet (1979) - withdrawn in favor of the 1983 revision for slightly larger ensemble, Eight Lines
* Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards for orchestra (1979)
* Tehillim for voices and ensemble (1981)
* Vermont Counterpoint for amplified flute and tape (1982)
* The Desert Music for chorus and orchestra or voices and ensemble (1984, text by William Carlos Williams)
* Sextet for percussion and keyboards (1984)
* New York Counterpoint for amplified clarinet and tape, or 11 clarinets and bass clarinet (1985)
* Three Movements for orchestra (1986)
* Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar or amplified acoustic guitar and tape (1987, for Pat Metheny)
* The Four Sections for orchestra (1987)
* Different Trains for string quartet and tape (1988)
* The Cave for four voices, ensemble and video (1993, with Beryl Korot)
* Duet for two violins and string ensemble (1993)
* Nagoya Marimbas for two marimbas (1994)
* City Life for amplified ensemble (1995)
* Proverb for voices and ensemble (1995, text by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
* Triple Quartet for amplified string quartet (with prerecorded tape), or three string quartets, or string orchestra (1998)
* Know What Is Above You for four women’s voices and 2 tamborims (1999)
* Three Tales for video projection, five voices and ensemble (1998–2002, with Beryl Korot)
* Dance Patterns for 2 xylophones, 2 vibraphones and 2 pianos (2002)
* Cello Counterpoint for amplified cello and multichannel tape (2003)
* You Are (Variations) for voices and ensemble (2004)
* For Strings (with Winds and Brass) for orchestra (1987/2004)
* Variations for Vibes, Pianos, and Strings dance piece for three string quartets, four vibraphones, and two pianos (2005)
* Daniel Variations for four voices and ensemble (2006)
* Double Sextet for violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, clarinet, flute and pre-recorded tape (2007)

## Discografia selecionada

* Drumming (Reich). Steve Reich and Musicians (Two recordings: Deutsche Grammophon and Nonesuch) So Percussion (Cantaloupe)
* Music for 18 Musicians. Steve Reich and Musicians (Two recordings: ECM and Nonesuch)
* Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase. Steve Reich and Musicians (ECM)
* Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ/ Six Pianos. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart, Steve Reich & Musicians (Deutsche Grammophon)
* Tehillim/The Desert Music. Alarm Will Sound and OSSIA, Alan Pierson (Cantaloupe)
* Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint. Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny (Nonesuch)
* You Are (Variations)/Cello Counterpoint. Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, Maya Beiser (Nonesuch)

## Outras leituras

* D.J. Hoek. Steve Reich: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 2002.