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Glassworks

Glassworks is an album by Philip Glass with 5 pieces, released under CBS/Sony Classical in 1982. It is regarded as being a characteristically Glass-like set of works.

Track listing

1. "Opening"
2. "Floe"
3. "Island"
4. "Rubric"
5. "Facades"
6. "Closing"; an instrumental reprise to "Opening".

"Opening"

"Opening" uses triplet eighth notes, over duple eighth notes, over whole notes in 4/4. Formally it consists of three groups of four measure phrases of three to four chords repeated four times each, ABC:||ABC, which then merges with the next movement, "Floe" with the entrance of the horns.

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