A book-length study of Steve Reich is long overdue, particularly one that critically and creatively engages his work — as this book does, from the title onward — beyond the bounds of the composer's own exegeses. The contributors' varied approaches constitute some the most exciting and insightful voices in contemporary music scholarship, commensurate with Reich's own complicated intersections with diverse musics, methods, and media. And because of Reich's ubiquity
within contemporary art music as well as his eclectic inroads into popular culture, this volume will likely find its way onto the shelves of musicians, scholars, and fans alike.
Pwyll ap Siôn is Professor of Music at Bangor University, Wales. He studied music at Oxford University. Ap Siôn has published books and articles in the areas of minimalist and postminimalist music, quotation and intertextuality in music and minimalist music in film and media. He has contributed record reviews and articles for Gramophone music magazine since 2007.
Sumanth Gopinath is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He is the author of The Ringtone Dialectic: Economy and Cultural Form (2013), co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Mobile Music Studies, vols. 1 and 2 (2014) with Jason Stanyek, and has published work on Steve Reich, minimalism, new media, Marxism, country music, and other topics. He is the leader of the independent Americana band, The Gated Community.
