Geometry of Circles

Written by	Philip Glass
Date	1979
Publisher	Dunvagen Music Publishers

"Geometry of Circles" is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for Sesame Street in 1979 with music by Philip Glass.

The shorts consist of the movement of six circles (each with a different color of the rainbow) that are formed by and split up into various geometric patterns. Glass's music underscores the animation in a style that closely resembles the "Dance" numbers and the North Star vignettes written during the same time period as his Einstein on the Beach opera.

Segments

4 "Geometry of Circles" segments on YouTube

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EKA: Episode 1576

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EKA: Episode 1836

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EKA: Episode 2164

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EKA: Episode 3154

Releases

Video

• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Sources

• ASCAP, Dunvagen; see discussion page for details