Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician (born 1935)
Summary
Terrence Mitchell Riley is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape delay systems, and improvisation. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music.
Originally created by Archibald Fitzchesterfield
12/26/2001, 7:12:28 AM
Modified
5/8/2026, 9:16:40 AM
Recent revisions
organized with multiple citation footnotes provided
Remove template per [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 April 27|TFD outcome]]
/* External links */
/* External links */
Added more categories.
Disambiguating links to [[Tape delay]] (link changed to [[Delay (audio effect)]]) using [[User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist|DisamAssist]].
Disambiguating links to [[Nico]] (link changed to [[Nico (German singer)]]) using [[User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist|DisamAssist]].
/* External links */ Removing external links to the talk apge as there's just too many
/* Personal life */
/* External links */
/* Techniques */ HTTP to HTTPS for [[Financial Times]]
Move 1 url. [[User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5|Wayback Medic 2.5]] per [[WP:URLREQ#bbc.co.uk misc]]
/* Techniques */ Added citation for liner notes referenced in article.
Added the new Sony Classical box set to discography.
Rescuing 2 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5
/* Further reading */
