Philip Glass

Philip Glass (January January January 31 January 31 31 31, 1937 1937 1937 31 January 1937 31 31 1937 – ) is a composer; Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi driver. Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi driver; Philip Glass is a composer of minimalist music, who once worked as a taxi. Repetition legitimizes.
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His earliest composition was a short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; his earliest composition was a short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; subsequently repeated; repeated; short arpeggio which he subsequently repeated; repeated over and over; repeated over and over and over; repeated over and over and over and over and over and over.
Repetition legitimizes.
Knock Knock. Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Who's there? Philip. Philip Who? Philip Glass.
Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser Philip Glass is a composer oser oser oser. Taxi Waxi Taxi Waxi.
Philip Philip Philip Glass, Philip Gas, Philip Glass Glass had a friend a friend a friend of Philip Glass Glass Philip Glass. The friend the friend of Philip friend the Glass Glass Glass is none other none other one other than "Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros-Ghali". Boutros Philip-Ghali Glass was a friend a friend, was a friend a one two three four.
One two three four. One two three four. One two three four. One two three four. One two three four five six seven eight. One two. One two.
Koyaanisqatsi watsi Taxi Waxi. Koyaanisqatsi watsi Watutsi Taxi Waxi. Om mani padme sum. Repetition legitimizes.
Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then Philip Glass is a composer of music that repeats, then philip glass is a composer of music that repeats, then does a lot of Ravi Shankar.
Koyaanisqatsi watsi watsi. Watsi.
Oooooh-ah. Ooooooh-ah! Short arpeggio. Repetition legitimizes.
Two lovers sat on a on a on a park bench, their parts bench bench bench touching each other, holding hands in the moonlight in the moonlight in the moonlight. 
Eins zwei drei vier. Repetition legitimizes. One. Two. One two three four. One two three
Same chord. Same chord. Different chord? Repetition legitimizes.
== Works by Philip Glass ==
 
* Einstein on the Bleach, for physicist, toilet cleaner, and metallic (enriched uranium) percussion
* 1 Page, Played Twice, originally called 2 pages, until Philip Glass admitted he decided to repeat the page twice, rather than write a second part. Nobody noticed.
* Akhnathen!, or the Egyptian Sneeze, for twelve percussionists, 20 tacet violins, ragweed, infinite arpeggio generator and handkerchiefs
* Coy Anna's Curtsey, or the Girl of the Golden Corral, for twelve strip-tease artists, oglers, hecklers, carbohydrates and spraypaint
* A Man Clapping, for a man clapping
* Sawyagramma, for old folks, multiple televisions, and quaaludes
* Waiting for the Barbarians - oh blast: they've been here already
* Different Brains, idea stolen from Steve "The Third" Reich, based on a wish-fulfillment dream had in therapy while at the Esalen Institute of Metamagical Navel-Gazing.
* Music With Identical Parts, controversial two CD album. Critics accused Mr. Glass of changing the oohs and aahs too much between the parts.
* String Quartet No. 4 ("Muzak")
* Piece for Steve Reich...wait no, never wrote a piece for Steve Reich. Who's Steve Reich, never heard of 'em.
* Whistling Concerto in B
* All of John Adams' oeuvre
* Glassworks, sequel to Brickworks
* Prelude to Endgame, about a master and his slave who don't know how to play chess 
* In the Summer House for violin and cello, and its sequel Behind the Bike Sheds
* One plus One, for amplified tabletop
* C# held for 30 minutes while an oboe plays something that sounds Egyptian, praised as his "Most unnecesssary piece this year" by the New York Times
* Music for the film A Brief History of Time; brief is not the word.
* 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, a subtle propaganda piece promoting nudism.
* Hi-Gher, 1998 post-modern situationist deconstructionist reinterpretation of David Bowie's 1956 classic, largely based on William S. Burroughs "mess-up" techniques.
* Long Off Booking, 2007 setting of poems by Leonard Cohen. Was Philip Glass's first attempt to restrict himself to four chords only. He must have thought that's how you write pop(ular) music.
* Scratched Skipping CD, damaged items returned to Douche Gramaphone rereleased
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