Peter Schwarz

Steve Reich "It’s gonna Rain"

The work "It's gonna Rain" by Steve Reich is regarded as his trend-setting early work, which has significantly influenced his later compositions. The use of relatively little musical material, becomes his compositional trademark from this point on. With "It's gonna Rain" he establishes the compositional method of the "gradual process". This analysis gives an insight into the fascination of "It's gonna Rain". An exciting tape composition with loop and phase shift as elementary components.