Steve Reich list of compositions
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Key to Listing
TITLE (date of completion)
- publisher (catalog number/ year of publishing)
- instrument
- premiere: performer/ place/ date
* note
PLASTIC HAIRCUT (1963)
- unpublished
- tape
- San Francisco/ November 1963
* soundtrack for Robert Nelson's film
PITCH CHARTS (1963)
- unpublished
- any instruments
- ?
LIVELIHOOD (1964)
- unpublished
- tape
- ?
MUSIC FOR THREE OR MORE PIANOS OR PIANO AND TAPE (1964)
- unpublished
- 3 or more pianos, or piano and tape
- San Francisco/ January 1965
IT'S GONNA RAIN (January 1965)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- tape (voice of Borther Walter)
- San Francisco Tape Music Center/ January 1965
OH DEM WATERMELONS (1965)
- unpublished
- 5 voices and piano
- San Francisco/ May 1965
* soundtrack for Robert Nelson's film
COME OUT (1966)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- tape (voice of Daniel Hamm)
- Town Hall, New York/ April 1966
MELODICA (May 22 1966)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- tape (sound of melodica)
- Park Place Gallery, New York/ June 1966
REED PHASE (1966)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- soprano saxophone and tape
- New York/ 1967?
* for Jon Gibson
PIANO PHASE (1967)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16156/ 1980)
- 2 pianos or 2 marimbas
- Art Murphy and Steve Reich/ Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Rutherford, NJ/ January 1967
MY NAME IS (1967)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- 3 or more tape recorders, performers, audience
- Art Murphy and Steve Reich/ School of Visual Arts, New York/
November 1967
SLOW MOTION SOUND (September 1967)
- unpublished
- tape
- ?
VIOLIN PHASE (October 1967)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16185/ 1979)
- violin and tape or 4 violins
- Paul Zukofsky/ The New School, New York/ April 1969
PENDULUM MUSIC (August 1968)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16155/ 1980)
- three or more microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers
- William T. Wiley and Steve Reich/ University of Colorado/
August 1968
PULSE MUSIC (1969)
- unpublished
- phase shifting pulse gate
- Steve Reich/ The New School, New York/ April 1969
FOUR LOG DRUMS (May 1969)
- unpublished
- phase shifting pulse gate, 4 log drums
- Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Richard Landry, Art Murphy, Steve
Reich/ Whiteny Museum of American Art, New York/ May 27 1969
FOUR ORGANS (January 1970)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16183/ 1980)
- 4 electric organs and maracas
- Steve Chambers, Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Art Murphy, Steve
Reich/ Guggenheim Museum, New York/ May 1970
PHASE PATTERNS (1970)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16184/ 1980)
- 4 electric organs
- Steve Chambers, Jon Gibson, Art Murphy, Steve Reich/ Guggenheim
Museum, New York/ May 1970
DRUMMING (1971)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1197/ 19??)
- 2 women's voices, piccolo, 4 pairs tuned bongo drums, 3
marimbas, 3 glockenspiels
- Steve Reich and Musicians (Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Art
Murphy, Joan LaBarbara, Jay Clayton, Steve Chambers, Gary Burke,
Frank Maefsky, James Ogden, Steve Reich)/ Museum of Modern Art,
New York/ December 3 1971
CLAPPING MUSIC (1972)
- Universal
Edition, London (?/ ?)
- 2 performers
- New York/ April 1973
SIX PIANOS (March 1973)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1193 and ENB0375/ 1992)
- 6 pianos
- Steve Reich and Musicians (Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James
Preiss, Glen Velez, Steve Chambers, Steve Reich) /John Weber
Gallery, New York/ May 16 1973
MUSIC FOR MALLET INSTRUMENTS, VOICES, AND ORGAN (May 1973)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1199/ 19??)
- 3 women's voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vibraphone,
electric organ
- Steve Reich and Musicians (Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James
Preiss, Steve Chambers, Joan LaBarbara, Jay Clayton, Janice
Jarrett, Tim Ferchen, Glen Velez, Joseph Rasmussen, Steve Reich)/
John Weber Gallery, New York/ May 16 1973
MUSIC FOR PIECES OF WOOD (1973)
- Universal
Edition, London (UE16219/ 1980)
- 5 pairs of tuned claves
- Steve Reich and Musicians (Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Tim
Ferchen, Glen Velez, Steve Reich)/ Loeb Student Center, New York
University/ December 1973
MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS (March 1976)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1239/ 1998)
- 4 women's voices, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 marimbas, 2
xylophones, vibraphone, 4 pianos, maracas, violin, cello
- Steve Reich and Musicians/ Town Hall, New York/ April 24 1976
MUSIC FOR A LARGE ENSEMBLE (December 1978)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1217/ 19??)
- 2 women's voices, flute, clarinet, 2 soprano saxophones, 4
trumpets, 2 marimbas, 2 xylophones, vibraphone, 2 pianos, 2
violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses
- Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw/ Netherlands/ June
1979
* commissioned for the Holland Festival.
* revised 1979 (premiere: Steve Reich and Musicians/ Carnegie
Hall, New York/ February 19 1980)
OCTET (April 1979)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes *see "EIGHT LINES"
- 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bass clarinets, 2 pianos, 2 violins,
viola, cello
- the members of Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Reinbert de Leeuw/
Frankfurt am Main, Germany/ June 21 1979
* commissioned by the Hessischer Rundfunk (Radio Frankfurt).
* revised 1979 (premiere: Steve Reich and Musicians/ Carnegie
Hall, New York/ February 19 1980)
VARIATIONS FOR WINDS, STRINGS, AND KEYBOARDS (1979/
revised 1980)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1137/ 198?)
- 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 trumpets, 3 tromboes, tuba, 2 pianos, 3
electric organs, strings
- Steve Reich and Musicians/ Carnegie Hall, New York/ February 19
1980
* orchestra version premiere: San Francisco Symphony; Edo de
Waart/ San Francisco/ May 14 1980
* commissioned by San Francisco Symphony
MY NAME IS... (1981)
- unpublished (?)
- tape and/or orchestra
- Schola Cantrum Stuttgart/ the Centre Georges Pompidou/ Paris,
1985
TEHILLIM (1981)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1189/ 198?)
- 3 sopranos, 1 alto, flute, piccolo, oboe, english horn, 6
percussionists, 2 electric organs, strings
- Steve Reich and Musicians; George Manahan/ West German Radio,
Cologne/ September 20 1981
* 1st and 2nd movements premiere: the South German Radio
Orchestra and Soloists; Peter Eoetoves/ Stuttgart/ June 1981
* orchestra version premiere: New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta/
New York/ September 16 1982
* co-commissioned by the West German Radio, Cologne; South German
Radio, Stuttgart; and the Rothko Chapel, Houston.
VERMONT COUNTERPOINT (1982)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (WFB0094/ 19??)
- piccolo, flute, "a"flute, tape
- Ransom Wilson/ Brooklyn, NY/ October 1 1982
* commissioned by Ransom Wilson.
EIGHT LINES (1983)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (FSB0487/ 19??)
- chamber orchestra
- Solisti New York; Ransom Wilson/ New York/ December 10 1983
* revised version of "OCTET"
THE DESERT MUSIC (1984)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS0983/ 1985)
- small chorus, large orchestra
- Cologne Radio Chorus and Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra;
Peter Eoetvoes/ Cologne Broadcast House, Germany/ March 17 1984
* with text by William Carlos Williams
* co-commissioned by the West German Radio, Cologne and the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SEXTET (1985)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1169/ 198?)
- marimbas, vibraphones, bass drums, crotales, tam-tam, sticks,
pianos, synthesizers
- Laura Dean Musicians/ the Brooklyn Academy of Music's the Next
Wave Festival, NY/ October 31 1985 (* choreographed for "IMPACT")
* incomplete version premiere: Nexus/ Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris/ December 19 1984
* co-commissioned by Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians and by the
French government for Nexus.
NEW YORK COUNTERPOINT (1985)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (ENB0282/ 1989)
- clarinet, bass clarinet, tape
- Richard Stolzman/ Avery Fisher Hall, New York/ January 20 1986
* commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for Richard Stolzman
THREE MOVEMENTS (1986)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1215/ 19??)
- large orchestra
- the St.Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin/ St. Louis/
April 3 1986
* commissioned by the St.Louis Symphony.
SIX MARIMBAS (1986)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1195 and ENB0376/ 19??)
- 6 marimbas
- Manhattan Marimba Quartet and members of Steve Reich and
Musicians/ Alice Tully Hall, New York/ April 20 1987
* re-arranged version of "SIX PIANOS"
SALUTE (1986-)
- unpublished
- orchestra
- ?
THE FOUR SECTIONS (August 1987)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1152/ 1991)
- strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion
- the San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tison Thomas/ Davies Hall,
San Francisco/ October 7 1987
* commissioned by Mrs.Ralph I.Dorfman for the San Francisco
Symphony in honor of its 75th anniversary.
ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT (1987)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (SRB0070/ 19??)
- electric guitar, electric bass guitar, tape
- Pat Metheny/ the Brooklyn Academy of Music's the Next Wave
Festival/ November 5 1987
* commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Pat Metheny.
DIFFERENT TRAINS (1988)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (HPS1168, ENB0297 and ENB0430/ 19??)
- double string quartet, tape
- Kronos Quartet/ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London/ November 2 1988
* commissioned by Betty Freeman for the Kronos Quartet
TYPING MUSIC I (1989)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- 5 percussionists
- Steve Reich and Musicians/ Town Hall, New York/ February 22
1991
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (1991)
- unpublished(?)
- piano and sampling keyboads (voice of Neville Chamberlain)
- the Museum Inside The Telephone Network, Japan/ March 15 1991
TYPING MUSIC (Genesis XII) (1993)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- amplified computer keyboard, 2 clapping, 2 claves, 2 bass drums
- ?/ ?/ ?
THE CAVE (1993)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- percussions, voices, pianos, keyboards, violin, viola, flute,
oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet
- The Steve Reich Ensemble; Paul Hillier/ the Vienna Festival/
May 16 1993
* with text and video by Beryl Korot
* co-commissioned by Weiner Festwochen; the Holland Festival;
Hebbel Theater, Berlin; Festival D'Automne a Paris-MC 93-Bobigny;
Koninklijike Muntschouwburg/ Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels;
Serious Speakout and South Bank Centre, London; and the Brooklyn
Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival.
DUET (1993)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- 2 solo violins and string ensemble or string orchestra
- ensemble of Gstaad Festival; Yehudi Menuhin/ Gstaad Festival,
Switzerland/ August 8 1995
* commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin
NAGOYA MARIMBAS (1994)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (PEB0011/ 199?)
- 2 marimbas
- Yukie Kurihari and Maki Kurihari/ Nagoya, Japan/ December 21
1994
* commissioned by the Concervatory in Nagoya, to mark the opening
of its new Shirakawa Hall in 1994.
CITY LIFE (1995)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 vibraphones, percussion, 2
sampling keyboads, 2 pianos, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
- the Ensemble Intercontemporain; David Robertson/ Metz/ March 7
1995
* commissioned tripartitely by the Ensemble Modern, the London
Sinfonietta and the Ensemble Intercontemporain
PROVERB (1995)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- 3 sopranos, 2 tenors, 2 vibraphones, 2 electric organs
- Theater of Voices and members of the Steve Reich Ensemble; Paul
Hillier/ New York/ February 10 1996
* with text by Ludwig Wittgenstein
* co-commissioned by the BBC Proms as part of its 100th
anniversary season in 1995 and by the Early Music Festival of
Utrecht.
NAGOYA GUITARS (1996)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (? /1998)
- 2 guitars
- David Tanenbaum and Marc Teicholz/ Daniel Recital Hall,
California State University, Long Beach/ July 25 1996
* transcription of Nagoya Marimbas for two guitars by David
Tanenbaum.
HINDENBURG - 1st Act of "Three Tales" - (1998)
- Hendon
Music/ Boosey & Hawkes (?)
- string quartet, 4 percussions, 2 keyboards and 5 singers
- Steve Reich and Musicians; Bradley Lubman/ Charleston, South
Carolina/ May 26 1998
* incomplete version premiere: Ensemble Modern/ Bonn, Germany/
1997
* with video and text by Beryl Korot
TRIPLE QUARTET (1999)
- ?
- triple string quartet
- Kronos Quartet/ Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington,D.C/
May 22 1999
* commissioned by the Kronos Quartet
----Future Work----
CELLO COUNTERPOINT
* for Maya Beiser
BIKINI - 2nd Act of "Three Tales" -
DOLLY - 3rd Act of "Three Tales" -
* with video and text by Beryl Korot