# Steve Reich (@steve-reich)

Steve Reich was a American composer whose process-based work reshaped contemporary music. The work is associated with phasing, pulse, canon, speech melody, and audible gradual process. Major examples include It's Gonna Rain, Piano Phase, Drumming, Music for 18 Musicians, and Different Trains. A balanced account also considers the movement from tape experiments to ensemble works and historically grounded multimedia composition.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Steve Reich's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Context](/@steve-reich/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Works and Recordings](/@steve-reich/major-works.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Musical Language and Method](/@steve-reich/musical-language.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://stevereich.com/biography/
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Reich
- blog: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/steve-reich

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "steve-reich", "question": "…"}`.