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Pulse is a 2015 work by American composer Steve Reich. The work is scored for woodwinds, strings, piano and electric bass guitar. In 2016 Nonesuch Records released an album consisting of Pulse and Reich's 2013 work Quartet.
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- ↑ Fairman, Richard (3 February 2018). "Steve Reich: Pulse / Quartet - Reich in uncharacteristically serene mode". Financial Times . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ Larkin, Cormac (2 February 2018). "Steve Reich: Pulse/Quartet review – Still challenging what music can be". The Irish Times . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ Grayson Haver Currin (February 3, 2018). "Pulse/Quartet - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
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