Glassworks

E684676

Glassworks is a 1982 chamber music album by minimalist composer Philip Glass, designed as an accessible introduction to his style and featuring his characteristic repetitive, evolving structures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Glassworks canonical 2
Glassworks (in concert performance) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf album
chamber music album
studio album
artist Philip Glass
composer Philip Glass
countryOfOrigin United States
genre contemporary classical music
minimalism
hasPart Closing
Facades
Floe
Islands
Opening
Rubric
hasVersion CD edition
LP edition
cassette edition
includesInstrument French horn
cello
clarinet
flute
piano
saxophone
soprano voice
trombone
trumpet
viola
violin
instrumentation chamber ensemble
intendedPurpose accessible introduction to Philip Glass’s style
language instrumental
mainPerformer Philip Glass Ensemble
musicalStyle additive processes
evolving patterns
repetitive structures
notableTrack Facades
Opening
numberOfTracks 6
partOf Philip Glass discography
linked to: Philip Glass
producer Kurt Munkacsi
Philip Glass
recordLabel CBS Records
releaseDate 1982
sideAContains Floe
Islands
Opening
sideBContains Closing
Facades
Rubric

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip Glass notableWork Glassworks
Philip Glass notableWork Glassworks
subject linked to: Philip
Philip Glass Ensemble performerOf Glassworks (in concert performance)
linked to: Glassworks