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Philip Glass

Also known as Philip Morris Glass, Phil Glass

American composer (born 1937)

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Philip Glass is an American composer, pianist, film score composer, and librettist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1937, he is a male human who speaks English. His musical output spans genres including opera, symphony, Dixieland jazz, and minimalist music. He has performed on the piano, bass, and drum kit. Glass was educated at the Juilliard School, University of Chicago, Fontainebleau Schools, and Peabody Institute. He studied under Nadia Boulanger, Vincent Persichetti, William Bergsma, and Darius Milhaud.

Glass is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and American Philosophical Society. He has received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Praemium Imperiale, BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, and Glenn Gould Prize. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. His notable work includes Symphony No. 4. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and Whitney Museum of American Art. He has been recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors collection.

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Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.

Known for

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
Nova '78 — Self (archive footage)2025
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious — Self2022
A Place Called Music — Self2022
War and the Weather2021
Trophy — Himself2017
The Last Dalai Lama? — Self2017
The Viking of Sixth Avenue — Self2015
What Difference Does It Make? — Self2014
Paul Simon: Under African Skies — Self2012

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1937

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Discography

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Listeners: 1,334,467
Total plays: 33,888,093

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Philip
Family name: Glass
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Baltimore
Spouse: JoAnne Akalaitis
Occupation: supporting actor
Educated at: Peabody Institute
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Buddhism
Award: Classic Brit Awards
Student of: Darius Milhaud
Genre: minimalist music
Instrument: drum kit
Record label: Virgin Records
Official website: philipglass.com
Image: Philip Glass 018 crop.jpg

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Commons category: Philip Glass
date of birth: 1937-01-31
topic's main category: Category:Philip Glass
member of: American Philosophical Society
list of works: list of compositions by Philip Glass
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score
described by source: UbuWeb
has works in the collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
start of work period: 1964-00-00
name in native language: Philip Glass
floruit: 2015-01-01
student: Antonio Pinto
related category: Category:Compositions by Philip Glass
birth name: Philip Morris Glass
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Works in European collections

14 objects attributed to Philip Glass, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. He described himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped to evolve stylistically.

Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968. He has written 15 operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, 15 symphonies, 12 concertos, nine string quartets, various other chamber music pieces, and many film scores. He has received nominations for four Grammy Awards, including two for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Satyagraha (1987) and String Quartet No. 2 (1988). He has received three Academy Award for Best Original Score nominations for Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997), Stephen Daldry's The Hours (2002), and Richard Eyre's Notes on a Scandal (2006). He also composed the scores for Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Hamburger Hill (1987), The Thin Blue Line (1988), Candyman (1992), The Truman Show (1998), and The Illusionist (2006).

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