In praise of … musical reinvention | Editorial

The rewriting of works by other composers is a venerable tradition, going back to at least the time of JosquinA musician called Dominique Leone has lifted a $500 prize for reinventing part of a work by the minimalist composer Steve Reich called 2x5. What's new about his achievement is that he took Reich's piece and remixed it – a technique long familiar in rock music but not yet so common with classical. As Reich, who picked the winner, told the World Service's excellent arts magazine The Stra...

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