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Philip Glass
Philip Glass b1937
Kaleidoscope
22 September 1986  Radio 4

Philip Glass talks to Michael Berkeley about

   Audioatonal music and performing  3 min 46

   Audiohis opera based on the early life of Gandhi  1 min 10

   Audiocontemporary opera  0 min 33


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Philip Glass
American composer

Philip Glass's music uses rhythmic, tonal, constantly-repetitive structures with subtle changes in rhythm and form. In 1999 he won the Golden Globe award for best score for the film The Truman Show.
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