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Article: The minimalist aesthetic in the plastic arts and in music. (Minimalism Forum)
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- Perspectives of New Music
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- January 1, 1993
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Minimalism," as a characterization of music composed by La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass, among others, has been criticized for its inaccurate and misleading connotations. Wim Mertens, for example, asks whether "the extreme reduction of the musical means" implied by the term "is important enough to function as a fundamental characteristic of this music," and concludes that "minimal music is only partially satisfactory as a label for this tendency."(1) Mertens is typical of those who have written on the subject, however, in devoting no more than cursory attention to the meaning of minimalism in American sculpture and painting, where the term ...
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