Steve Reich

:This article is about the American composer. For information on the U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan, see Steve Reich (Army).

Notable works

• It's Gonna Rain, tape (1965)
• Come Out, tape (1966)
• Piano Phase for two pianos, or two marimbas (1967)
• Violin Phase for violin and tape or four violins (1967)
• Pendulum Music (1968)
• Four Organs for four electric organs and maracas (1970)
• Drumming for 4 pairs of tuned bongo drums, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, 2 female voices, whistling and piccolo (1970/1971)
• Six Pianos (1973) - Transcribed as Six Marimbas (1986)
• Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
• Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76)
• Music for a Large Ensemble (1978)
• Octet (1979) - arranged for ensemble as Eight Lines (1983)
• Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards for orchestra (1979)
• Tehillim for voices and ensemble (1981)
• The Desert Music for chorus and orchestra or voices and ensemble (1984, text by William Carlos Williams)
• Sextet for percussion and keyboards (1984)
• New York Counterpoint for amplified clarinet and tape, or 11 clarinets (1985)
• Electric Counterpoint for electric guitar or amplified acoustic guitar and tape (1987, for Pat Metheny)
• Different Trains for string quartet and tape (1988)
• The Cave (1993, with Beryl Korot)
• City Life for amplified ensemble (1995)
• Proverb for voices and ensemble (1995, text by Ludwig Wittgenstein)
• Triple Quartet for amplified string quartet (with pre-recorded tape), or three string quartets, or string orchestra (1998)
• Three Tales (1998-2002, with Beryl Korot)
• Dance Patterns for 2 xylophones, 2 vibraphones and 2 pianos (2002)
• Cello Counterpoint for amplified cello and multichannel tape (2003)
• You Are (Variations) for voices and chamber orchestra (2004)
• New piece for three string quartets, four vibraphones, and two pianos (2005)