Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living in different worlds because we're on different continents.

" Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist" he has since evolved stylistically. ) a major addition to the cello repertory" and "deeply Romantic in spirit and at the same time deeply Baroque".

Philip Morris Glass (born January 31 1937) is an American composer and performer of contemporary classical music. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.