THE minimalist composer is the latest subject of my Influences column in the Los Angeles Times.We spoke about his teacher Nadia Boulanger, sitar player Ravi Shankar, composer/philosopher John Cage, Gandhi and Allen Ginsberg, who Glass got to know well.I mentioned to Glass before we started to talk for real that I had a new respect for anyone who wrote music since I'd started a very amateur study … [Read more...]
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