was the name of a course taught by Hall Overton at Juilliard in the 1950s and 60s.
Photo by W. Eugene Smith
The minimalist composer Steve Reich took Overton’s course. When asked forty years later what “literature & materials” meant, Reich said:
“Everything.”
Here is a flier for an event about Overton, featuring Reich, that Sam Stephenson put together at New York Public Library in 2010.
