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Information about Steve Reich Steve was born on October 3, 1936, he is an American composer. At the age of 14 he started to study music in Earnest after hearing music from the Baroque period. Steve also studied drums with Roland Kohloff to understand how to play Jazz music. He attended Cornell University, and he graduated with a B.A in philosophy. He composed film soundtracks for Plastic Haircut and Oh Dem Watermelons. Steve was influenced by fellow minimalist Terry Riley whose work In C combines simple musical patterns, offset in time, to create a slowly shifting piece. He was also he was influenced by world music which uses a lot of repetition. Electric Counterpoint was written in 1987 for Pat Metheny who is a jazz guitarist. He also composed Clapping Music in 1972. Reich's style of composition has influenced many other composers and musical groups, including John Adams and other artists. In May 2011 he was given an honorary degree.