Klarinet Archive - Posting 001587.txt from 1998/04

From: kawai@-----.jp (Takashi Kawai)
Subj: [kl] Re:New York Counterpoint
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:47:35 -0400

Peter,

You may be amused to listen Reich's "Music for 18 musicians;"
in fact, "New York Counterpoint" and "Electric Counterpoint" have
the identical introduction part as "Music for 18 musicians."

> As a big fan of the above Steve Reich piece, written for Richard
> Stoltzman's album of the same title, I was surprised when an LP I picked
> up second hand of a later Reich piece, "Electric Counterpoint" for
> elec.guitar (played by Pat Metheny!) turned out to be veritably a carbon
> copy of the clarinet piece, form and even melodic materials.

Takashi Kawai
Kobe / Japan

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