Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American music composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century[1][2][3] and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public (along with precursors such as Richard Strauss, Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein).
Although his music is often (controversially) described as minimalist, for his later work he distances himself from this label, describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures."[4] Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called 'minimalist', he has since evolved stylistically.[5][6] Currently, he describes himself as a "Classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.[7]
Glass is a prolific composer: he has written works for his own musical group which he founded, the Philip Glass Ensemble (w
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