Phillip Glass Day<\/p>\n
Philip Morris Glass<\/b> (born January 31, 1937 Baltimore, Md)<\/sup> is an American composer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the late 20th century.\u00a0<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>Glass’s compositions have been described as minimal music<\/a><\/i>, similar to other “minimalist” composers including La\u00a0Monte Young<\/a>, Steve Reich<\/a> and Terry Riley<\/a>.\u00a0However, Glass has described himself instead as a composer of “music with repetitive structures”,[6]<\/a><\/sup> which he has helped evolve stylistically.<\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble<\/a>, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written numerous operas<\/a> and musical theatre works, eleven symphonies<\/a>, eleven concertos, seven string quartets<\/a> and various other chamber music<\/a>, and film scores<\/a>. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n