--- In antonbrucknerclub@yahoogroups.com, "John Orzel" <johnorzel@...> wrote:
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> I thought I was the only one who heard a resemblance between the better
middle-late period music of Philip Glass and Anton Bruckner, but over the years
a small number of people have at least seen where I came from if they did not
out-and-out agree with me. There are certain aspects of tonality (Their
predilection for modulating to chromatic third relationships), the preponderance
of ostinatos and arpeggios, wide-ranging themes with strong tonalities based on
tonics and fifths, jaunty dotted rhythms and polyrhythmic construction (twos
against threes), voicing, and, probably most of all, a similar idea of
orchestral sound: The "Pruit Igoe" movement from "Koyannisqatsi" sounds like
minimalist Bruckner, and I'm sure AB gave a heavenly grin at the
quintessentially Brucknerian massive brass chorale at the opening of "Songs from
Liquid Days."
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> It would be interesting to read if other people hear what I hear (or not)!
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> Viszontlátásra
> John Orzel
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> P.S.: Hi, Joel!

Hi, Well, I can't go into technical details quite like you can John, But I
always thought AB had minimalist qualities. OK, we know about his massively rich
harmonies and orchestration. But what about AB's other side of bleak and thinly
orchestrated sections and constant repeating and developing short themes.
Although I don't think AB could be classed as a minimalist composer but he must
have had a say in that movement later on...

Rgds,

David...
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