Changes: Geometry of Circles

Written by	Philip Glass
Date	1979
Publisher	Dunvagen Music Publishers

Revision as of 19:29, 13 June 2014

"Geometry of Circles" is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for Sesame Street in 1979. Cathryn Aison commissioned Philip Glass to write music for animation based on her storyboard which had been submitted to and approved by Edith Zornow of CTW.

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.

The film has featured in public screenings and museum exhibits. In October 2012, the third movement from the film was included in the "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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Releases

Video

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (from this segment)

Online

sesamestreet.org Template:SSvideo (from this segment)

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-"'''Geometry of Circles'''" is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[1979]] with music by [[Philip Glass]].
+"'''Geometry of Circles'''" is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[1979]]. Cathryn Aison commissioned [[Philip Glass]] to write music for animation based on her storyboard which had been submitted to and approved by Edith Zornow of [[CTW]].
 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 ''[[Albert Einstein|Einstein]] on the Beach'' opera.
+The film has featured in public screenings and museum exhibits. In October 2012, the third movement from the film was included in the "Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000" exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
-==Segments==
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+<gallery widths=150 spacing=small orientation=landscape>
-Image:Glass03.png|{{GNH|[[Muppet Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance|EKA]]: [[Episode 1576]]}}
+Image:Glass03.png|{{eka|1576}}
-Image:Glass02.png|{{GNH|[[Muppet Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance|EKA]]: [[Episode 1836]]}}
+Image:Glass01.png|{{eka|1755}}
-Image:Glass04.png|{{GNH|[[Muppet Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance|EKA]]: [[Episode 2164]]}}
+Image:Glass02.png|{{eka|1836}}
-Image:Glass01.png|{{GNH|[[Muppet Wiki:Earliest Known Appearance|EKA]]: [[Episode 2415]]}}
+Image:Glass04.png|{{eka|2164}}
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+[[File:Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles|645px|center]]
 ==Releases==
 ;Video
-* ''[[Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days]]'' (from [[:File:Glass02.png|this segment]])
+* ''[[Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days]]'' <span class="plainlinks">(from [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Geometry_of_Circles?file=Glass02.png this segment])</span>
 ;Online
-* [[sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|991c94bb-e120-438f-8b2a-47a6b83ae6a4}} (from [[:File:Glass01.png|this segment]])
+* [[sesamestreet.org]] {{SSvideo|991c94bb-e120-438f-8b2a-47a6b83ae6a4}} <span class="plainlinks">(from [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Geometry_of_Circles?file=Glass01.png this segment])</span>
-==External links==
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-R1aIM-C0 4 "Geometry of Circles" segments on YouTube]
 [[Category:Sesame Street Songs]]
 [[Category:Sesame Street Classical]]

Written by	Philip Glass
Date	1979
Publisher	Dunvagen Music Publishers