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Writings on Music 1965–2000: 1965-2000

Steve Reich and Paul Hillier

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780195151152

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195151152.001.0001

ContentsFRONT MATTER

The Cave

Chapter:
45 The Cave
Source:
Writings on Music 1965–2000
Author(s):

Steve Reich

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195151152.003.0048

This chapter describes The Cave as a new type of music theater, with aspects of both opera and movies. Throughout the work, five large video projection screens (each approximately 6 ft. X 8 ft.) present interviews, landscapes, and architectural footage in sequences timed with live music. In addition, in the first and last acts, texts from biblical sources are rhythmically typed out, and sung.

Keywords:   video projection, music theater, The Cave, movies, Bible

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