and a happy birthday to steve reich, whom i first
encountered at the
tender age of 16 and my life has never been the same since. one of the
many geniuses of 20th century music.
I bet that's a heck of a story. I wonder if it would be acceptable use
of
bandwidth to tell it?
i think you're supposing that "first encountered" meant "met in
person".
alas no. i was just putting on the headphones in our family living room,
Sometimes it is better to know a composer through their music rather than by
acquaintance.
Ico