Steve Reich Collection Acquired by Paul Sacher Foundation

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Steve Reich's complete musical archive has been acquired by the Paul Sacher Foundation, a research center for contemporary music, with a vast collection of estates from leading composers and performers. The composer's working papers, comprising letters, sound recordings, manuscripts, along with his many audio and program files, will soon be made accessible to scholars at the Foundation's headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.

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It's been more than 40 years since Steve Reich's earliest taped-speech pieces, It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966), and now, the composer's complete musical archive has been acquired by the Paul Sacher Foundation, a research center for contemporary music, with a vast collection of estates from leading composers and performers. Reich's working papers will soon be made accessible to scholars at the Foundation's headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.

The Steve Reich Collection at the Paul Sacher Foundation covers the composer's entire oeuvre, from his dodecaphonic early works to his very latest creations, like Daniel Variations (2006) and Double Sextet (2007). In addition to letters, sound recordings, manuscripts from various stages in the creative process, and other documents, the Collection includes his many audio and program files, which capture various working layers in the music of a composer to whom computers, synthesizers, and samplers have long been standard compositional tools.

For more information on the Foundation, visit paul-sacher-stiftung.ch.

 

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008
    Steve Reich Collection Acquired by Paul Sacher Foundation
    Wonge Bergmann

    It's been more than 40 years since Steve Reich's earliest taped-speech pieces, It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966), and now, the composer's complete musical archive has been acquired by the Paul Sacher Foundation, a research center for contemporary music, with a vast collection of estates from leading composers and performers. Reich's working papers will soon be made accessible to scholars at the Foundation's headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.

    The Steve Reich Collection at the Paul Sacher Foundation covers the composer's entire oeuvre, from his dodecaphonic early works to his very latest creations, like Daniel Variations (2006) and Double Sextet (2007). In addition to letters, sound recordings, manuscripts from various stages in the creative process, and other documents, the Collection includes his many audio and program files, which capture various working layers in the music of a composer to whom computers, synthesizers, and samplers have long been standard compositional tools.

    For more information on the Foundation, visit paul-sacher-stiftung.ch.

     

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