Minimalist music
(Mi-ni-mul-ist MYOO-zik)


Contemporary musical style featuring the repetition of short melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation.


SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:

Glass: The Photographer, for Violin, Chorus, and Instruments, "A Gentleman's Honor"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 3, Track 75

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