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GlassworksGlassworks 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 - "Opening"
- "Floe"
- "Island"
- "Rubric"
- "Facades"
- "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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