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Name: Philip Glass
Birth Date: January 31, 1937
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of Philip Glass
1,440 words, approx. 5 pages
The American composer Philip Glass (born 1937) had a tremendous impact on all contemporary music. His brand of music, called minimalism, merged Eastern concepts of time with Western musical elements, altering the perception of music. He has been one of...


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Philip Glass Information
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Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century[1][2][3][4][5] and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art...


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Musical Opinion
Philip Glass
11/01/2005: 1,888 words, approx. 6 pages
Christopher Monk meets the composer, discusses his new opera and aspects of composition... Philip Glass, enfant terrible and now grand old man of modern contemporary music is nearing 70 bur shows no sign of slowing down, quite the reverse in fact. He is...
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The Economist (US)
Behind Glass. (Philip Glass)
11/19/1988: 789 words, approx. 3 pages
FOR the past ten years, what Philip Glass has done in opera has been treated as something of a barometer for the future health of the art. Mr Glass himself, mind, does not even like the word. He calls his op, eras "music...
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AP News
More Met Opera, ENO collaborations
8/15/2007: 255 words, approx. 1 pages
The Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera will co-produce stagings of John Adams' "Doctor Atomic" and a new work by Osvaldo Golijov."Doctor Atomic," which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in October 2005, will open at the Met on Oct. 13,...
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The New York Observer
The Day in Gossip: Beyonce's Juicy Chicken Demands; Anderson Cooper Loathes New Year!
12/31/2007: 263 words, approx. 1 pages
Well-knowns like Philip Glass, Anderson Cooper and Amy Sacco recount nightmare New Year’s Eve tales. Sean McEnroe, son of tennis legend John and actress Tatum O’Neal, threw a tantrum when he wasn’t let into Pink Elephant nightclub. When Mary-Louise Parker had dinner in the West...
 


 

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