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Terry Riley
American composer
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pure sound in harmony
- In harmony: Avant-garde conceptions of harmony
Such a work as Terry Riley’s In C, for example, consists basically of a sustained triad on C (lasting, at the performer’s option, anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours), over which fleeting dissonances are occasionally sounded, seldom more revolutionary than an F sharp or B flat. Here again,…
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