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Philip Glass

US composer & pianist

Baltimore, United States · b. 1937-01-31

Philip Glass is credited on 1,625 releases across 339 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1971–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,625

Credits

339

Albums

6

Decades active

180

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American composer and musician.
Born January 31, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
He was married to JoAnne Akalaitis from 1965 to 1980. He studied music with William Bergsma, Vincent Persichetti, Darius Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger. In 1966 he worked with Ravi Shankar, which changed his perspective on composition. In the fall of 1968, he founded the Philip Glass Ensemble to perform his music and in 1971 he started Chatham Square Production to release his music.
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1,625 releases · 339 albums · active 1971–2026

  • Performance · 2,063
  • Production · 464
  • Other credits · 361
  • Engineering · 26

Studios: The Looking Glass Studios · Greene St. Recording · The Living Room (2) · RPM Studios

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