4 American composers.

4 American composers. Philip Glass / Glass [Videorecording] : Glass. Philip Glass. produced by Trans Atlantic films for Channel Four Television. - New York, N.Y. : Inner Dimension ; Mystic Fire Video [distributor], 1997. - 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Originally produced 1985. Series titles on container: 4merican composers; Four American composers; title on cassette label: Philip Glass. On container and set slip case: Mystic Fire Video; Island Visual Arts; manufactured and distributed to the video trade by PolyGram Video; on first frame and stamped on videocassette: Inner Dimension. Copyright dates vary: on video tape, c1983, TransAtlantic Films and Channel 4; stamped on videocassette, c1985, Transatlantic Films, c1997, Inner Dimension; on container and set slip case, c1985, Transatlantic Films, c1991, Mystic Fire Video.

Music in similar motion -- Passages from Einstein on the Beach and Glassworks.

Producer, Revel Guest ; director, Peter Greenaway. Producer, Revel Guest ; director, Peter Greenaway.

Philip Glass ; Philip Glass Ensemble.

Based on a performance by Philip Glass at Sadler Wells Theatre London as part of a New York/Almeida Festival, 1983.

Insights into the music and ideas of American composer Philip Glass, incorporating performance and conversations with and about the artist, whose "systems music" has been described as a "high mass on Mars." Combining the Western disciplines of the classical music tradition with Eastern influences and visceral rock, Glass' music has a hypnotic, rhythmic sound appreciated by rock, jazz, and classical audiences alike.


VHS format.

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Glass, Philip.


Composers--United States.
Piano music.
Instrumental ensembles.