{"product_id":"philip-glass-music-with-changing-parts-2lp","title":"Philip Glass - Music With Changing Parts - 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePRE-ORDER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEXPECTED RELEASE DATE: 29TH MAY 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst-time vinyl reissue! Reproducing the original sidebreaks and gatefold sleeve.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdurjmghph\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003ePhilip\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e, the great American composer, was already in his mid-30s before his first album appeared, and then only because he produced the double LP himself. Music With Changing Parts was the inaugural release on his own Chatham Square imprint in 1971.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this point, Einstein on the Beach, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e’ first opera, was still five years away. Yet in Changing Parts, one can already hear much of his vocabulary in full bloom: the buoyant arpeggios, the melding of electronic and acoustic instruments, the elongated drones of human voice, the primary emphasis on pulse (an interest he shared with fellow composer Steve Reich) and the ecstatic potential inherent in repetition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album features the original \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markdurjmghph\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003ePhilip\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e Ensemble—the composer himself, along with Jon Gibson, Dickie Landry, Art Murphy, Steve Chambers and Robert Prado—playing Farfisa organs and woodwinds as well as Barbara Benary on electric violin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e describes in his memoir Words Without Music, he secured a $500 interest-free loan for the recordings’ initial release from the Hebrew Free Loan Society—an organization intended to help immigrants from the Old World upon arrival in the US. Though \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e was merely the grandson of immigrants, the venture wasn’t far off the society’s charter as Changing Parts helped usher in a new world of sound that would become known as Minimalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChatham Square went on to release albums by other composers in \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e’ circle, including Gibson and Landry. The label was named after the Manhattan intersection where Landry had a studio and the ensemble rehearsed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Baltimore in 1937, \u003cspan data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markclfw0jayj\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\"\u003eGlass\u003c\/span\u003e first moved to New York to attend Juilliard at just nineteen, having already graduated from the University of Chicago. A staple of the Downtown scene, he can perhaps be appreciated as akin to the likes of sculptor Richard Serra or filmmaker Jim Jarmusch: mavericks who became major cultural figures entirely on their own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: 1. Music With Changing Parts (1:01:38)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philip Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934908346684,"sku":"SV211 ","price":44.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/5941\/files\/philip-glass-music-with-changing-parts.jpg?v=1774883941","url":"https:\/\/www.arcade-sound.com\/de\/products\/philip-glass-music-with-changing-parts-2lp","provider":"Arcade Sound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}