Philip Glass
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Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. He described himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped to evolve stylistically.
Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968. He has written 15 operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, 14 symphonies, 12 concertos, nine string quartets, various other chamber music pieces, and many film scores. He has received nominations for four Grammy Awards, including two for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Satyagraha (1987) and String Quartet No. 2 (1988). He has received three Academy Award for Best Original Score nominations for Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997), Stephen Daldry's The Hours (2002), and Richard Eyre's Notes on a Scandal (2006). He also composed the scores for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Hamburger Hill (1987), The Thin Blue Line (1988), Candyman (1992), The Truman Show (1998), and The Illusionist (2006).
Glass is known for composing the operas Einstein on the Beach (1976), Satyagraha (1980), Akhnaten (1983), The Voyage (1992), and The Perfect American (2013). He also wrote the scores for Broadway productions such as the revivals of The Elephant Man (2002), The Crucible (2016), and King Lear (2019). For the latter he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play.
Glass has received many accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has also received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995, the National Medal of Arts in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018, and the Grammy Trustees Award in 2020. In 2025, he received a Lifetime Achievement from the World Soundtrack Academy.
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- Debussy: Préludes, Livre II, CD 131, L. 123: No. 2, Feuilles mortes - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Kk. 159 "The Hunt" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Massenet: Année passée, Livre II "Jours d'automne": I. Feuilles jaunies. Assez lent - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": I. Allegro - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Lully: Phaëton, LWV 61, Act 4: "C'est par vous, ô Soleil, que le ciel s'illumine" (L'Automne) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Liszt: 6 Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: No. 5, La chasse - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Delibes: Sylvia, Act 1: No. 3, Fanfare. Les chasseresses - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 2, A Blown-Away Leaf - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Couperin, F: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Cinquième ordre: XII. Les vendangeuses - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Gershwin: A Foggy Day - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277, Act 3: Huntsmen's Chorus. "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jägervergnügen?" (Chor) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 15, Autumn Fairy - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Autumn Leaves - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Beecham & Handel: Love in Bath: IV. Hunting Scene - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Ives: September - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Satie: 3 Morceaux en forme de poire: I. Manière de commencement. Allez modérément - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Mussorgsky: Gathering Mushrooms - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- The Christian Harmony: No. 8, Harvest Hymn - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Song. "See, See My Many Colour'd Fields" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- MacDowell: New England Idyls, Op. 62: No. 10, The Joy of Autumn - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Légendes d'automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67, Pt. 4 "Autumn": No. 15, Petit adagio - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Rameau: Achante et Céphise, Act 2: Entrée des chasseurs et des chasseresses - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Vaughan Williams: 10 Blake Songs: No. 7, Ah! Sun-flower - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Piazzolla: Estaciones porteñas: II. Otoño porteño (Arr. Assad for Guitar) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Dvořák: 4 Moravian Duets, Op. 38, B. 69: No. 2, Der Apfel - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 10, October. Autumn Song - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Tormis: Swing Songs: No. 6, The Apple Tree - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Lortzing: Undine, Act 4: "Im Wein ist Wahrheit nur allein" (Hans, Veit) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Strauss, R: 4 Letzte Lieder: No. 2, September - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Benatzky: Im weißen Rössl, Act 2: "Äpfel! Birnen!" (Josepha, Leopold, Chor) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Bach, JS: Was mir behagt, BWV 208 "Jagdkantate": No. 12, Duett. "Entzücket uns beide ihr Strahlen der Freude" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 9 in E Major "The Hunt" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns, Act 3: Duett. "Zig, zig, zig! Wenn die Chrysanthemen blühen" (Mi, Gustl) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 5: No. 1, Chant d'automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons": Movement I - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Ligeti: Études pour piano, Livre I: No. 7, Automne à Varsovie - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Hill: Voices of Autumn - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 3, K. 458 "Hunt": I. Allegro vivace assai - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Haydn: The Seasons, Hob. XXI:3, Autumn: No. 23, Terzett und Chor. "So lohnet die Natur den Fleiss" (Simon, Hanne, Lukas, Chorus) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Schumann: 11 Jungendlieder: No. 8, Im Herbste - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Tcherepnin: 6 Romances, Op. 7: No. 1, Autumn Song - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Roussel: 4 Poèmes, Op. 8: No. 3, Nuit d'automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Pierné: Paysages franciscains, Op. 43: II. Les olivaies de la plaine d'Assise. Crépuscule d'automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Chopin: 17 Songs, Op. 74: No. 17, Śpiew z mogiłky - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Bartók: En plein air, Sz. 81: V. La chasse - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Boismortier: Cantates françoises, Op. 5 "Les quatre saisons", No. 3, L'automne: Air. "C’est en fait, par Bacchus" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Berlioz: Le chasseur danois, H 104b - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Charpentier: Dispute de bergers, H. 484 "Il faut rire et chanter": II. Brouillards, glaçons, neige, frimas - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Honegger: 6 Poèmes d'Apollinaire: No. 3, Automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Puccini: Crisantemi - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2 in B Major, Op. 14 "To October": IV. To October. "My shli, my prosili raboty i khleba" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Hahn: 7 Chansons grises: No. 1, Chanson d'automne - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Schubert: Herbst, D. 945 - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Duke: Thumbs Up: Autumn in New York - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Weill: Knickerbocker Holiday, Act 1: September Song. "When I Was a Young Man Courting the Girls" (Pieter Stuyvesant) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Stolz: Herbstmanöver: "Auf der Heide bluh'n die letzten Rosen" - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Bliss: Suite from Adam Zero: VII. Approach to Autumn - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage": First Dance. The Earth in Autumn, The Hound Chases the Hare - Transformation - Preparation for the Second Dance - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Strauss II, J: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Live) - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Verdi: I vespri siciliani, Act 3, Divertimento "Le stagioni": Autunno - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: I. Allegro - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Bizet: Roma, WD 37: I. Une chasse dans la forêt d'Ostie. Andante tranquillo - Andante - Autumn Sonatas - Philip Glass
- Liszt: 6 Polish Songs, S. 480: No. 2, Frühling (After Chopin, Op. 74 No. 2) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schubert: Minuet and Trio in A Major, D. 334 / German Dance in C-Sharp Major, D. 139 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book VI, Op. 67: No. 3 in B-Flat Major, MWV U102 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve (Orch. Hazell & Büsser) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22: Andante spianato - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 21, Sweet Dreams - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach, JS: Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: III. Courante - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Brahms: 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Liszt: 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach, JS: French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet (Transcr. Neumann for Violin and Cello) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Liszt: 6 Consolations, S. 172: No. 5 in E Major - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach, JS: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation XXX. Quodlibet - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto - Trio - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mozart: Rondo No. 1 in D Major, K. 485 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Book I, Op. 19b: No. 6 in G Minor, Venetian Gondola Song, MWV U78 (Orch. Shani) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Book I, Op. 19b: No. 1 in E Major, MWV U86 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach, JS: Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantaisie - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Heft II: No. 14, Zart und singend - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Granados: 8 Valses poéticos: Introducción - No. 1, Melódico - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Handel: Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 3 No. 4, HWV 315: II. Andante - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuets I & II - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias: Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Field: Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Major, H 24 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 4: Pastoral Symphony "Pifa" - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: No. 6, Armes Waisenkind - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Costa da Caparica - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Gonzales: Armellodie - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Glass: Etude No. 2 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 13, Chopin - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Vanhal: Symphony in G Minor, Bryan g1: II. Andante cantabile - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4, Notturno - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Bach: Two-Part Inventions: No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Couperin: Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, Vingt-et-unième ordre: V. La petite pince-sans-rire - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, MWV K86 (Version for Violin and Piano) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di menuetto - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: IV. Tortues - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Fauré: 8 Pièces brèves, Op. 84: No. 5, Improvisation - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Lullaby - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Chaplin: Modern Times: Smile (Arr. Quint & Coleman for Violin and Piano) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Semplice": II. Andante - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 2, Einfach, innig (Version for Flute and Piano) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 24, Du bist wie eine Blume - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schumann: Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: No. 6, Albumblätter III - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Amazing Grace - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Nyman: The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Debussy / Orch. Ducros: Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Dessner: Song for Octave - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3 en ré majeur: Les voix humaines - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Lully / Transc Tharaud: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
- Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2, Op. 50b: Waltz (Transcr. Kadouch & Moreau for Cello and Piano) - Back to School - Classics for Studying - Philip Glass
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