Terry Riley
Cactus Rosary (A Semi-Secular Song for Bruce Conner)
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AMG Review of Cactus Rosary (A Semi-Secular Song for Bruce Conner)
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All Music GuideAs the pun on "semi-circular" in the title implies, this music emphasizes the side-to-side as well as foreground-to-background musical dimensions -- for example, gradual tuning changes generate beats that move tones in the space, a shaker sweeps from left-to-right, and repeated words of the text (eg., "I was born, born, born, born...in India, India, India, India" ) gradually disappear into deep silence. A mesmerizing and original piece.
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