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Terry Riley

Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, improvisation, and delay systems. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 albu…

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Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
June 24th, 1935
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Labels
Tzadik
Warner Bros. Records
Naxos
Columbia
Harmonia Mundi
Last updated: March 1st, 2014·MusicBrainz

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