" For 10 points, name this American minimalist composer whose "portrait trilogy" includes Satyagraha and Einstein on the Beach.
This composer set lyrics by David Byrne in his collection, Songs from Liquid Days. He set the titular Allen Ginsberg poem in his sixth symphony, "Plutonian Ode," and he used tunes from David Bowie and Brian Eno's albums in his second and third symphonies, subtitled "Low" and "Heroes" respectively. He is better known for an opera which involves Tolstoy, Tagore, and Martin Luther King; and one whose sections "Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket" and "I Feel the Earth Move" follow the third "Knee Play." For 10 points, name this American minimalist composer whose "portrait trilogy" includes Satyagraha and Einstein on the Beach.
This composer set lyrics by David Byrne in his collection, Songs from Liquid Days.
Philip Glass