Philip Glass
born 1937
7 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Philip Glass across 7 places, from 1937 to 2026. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Philip Glass was documented, and when
31 January 1937exact date
Baltimoreattested
“Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 31, 1937, the son of Ida (née Gouline) and Benjamin Charles Glass.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1962year
Pittsburghattested
“After leaving Juilliard in 1962, Glass moved to Pittsburgh and worked as a school-based composer-in-residence in the public school system, composing various choral, chamber, and orchestral music.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1964 to 1987period
Parisattested
“In 1964, Glass received a Fulbright Scholarship; his studies in Paris with the eminent composition teacher Nadia Boulanger, from autumn of 1964 to summer of 1966, influenced his work throughout his life, as the composer admitted in 1979:…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1978 to 1980period
Rotterdamattested
“With the commission Glass continued his work in music theater, composing his opera Satyagraha (composed in 1978–1979, premiered in 1980 at Rotterdam), based on the early life of Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath T…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1978 to 1980period
South Africaattested
“With the commission Glass continued his work in music theater, composing his opera Satyagraha (composed in 1978–1979, premiered in 1980 at Rotterdam), based on the early life of Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath T…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
2014year
Brooklyn Academy of Musicattested
“In 2014, This American Life broadcast a live performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that included the world premier of the opera Help, a short monodrama that Philip Glass wrote for the occasion.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
12 June 2026exact date
Kennedy Centerattested
“15, 'Lincoln,' was due to have its world premiere performed by the National Symphony Orchestra on June 12, 2026, but Glass withdrew the performance from the Kennedy Center, stating "the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct co…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
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Places Philip Glass is documented in
Baltimore1 presence · 1937Paris1 presence · 1964Pittsburgh1 presence · 1962Rotterdam1 presence · 1978South Africa1 presence · 1978
Brooklyn Academy of Music1 presence · 2014
Kennedy Center1 presence · 2026
Other places tied to Philip Glass in the record
In each of these, a source puts Philip Glass and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Philip Glass was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1954year
Parismentioned
“In 1954, Glass traveled to Paris, where he encountered the films of Jean Cocteau, which made a lasting impression on him.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1966year
Parismentioned
“Glass then left Paris for northern India in 1966, where he came in contact with Tibetan refugees and began to gravitate towards Buddhism.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1970year
Paula Cooper Gallerymentioned
“In 1970, Glass returned to the theatre, composing music for the theatre group Mabou Mines, resulting in his first minimalist pieces employing voices: Red Horse Animation and Music for Voices (both 1970, and premiered at the Paula Cooper…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1975 to 1976period
Festival d'Avignonmentioned
“Composed in spring to fall of 1975 in close collaboration with Wilson, Glass's first opera was first premiered in summer 1976 at the Festival d'Avignon, and in November of the same year to a mixed and partly enthusiastic reaction from th…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1975 to 1976period
Metropolitan Operamentioned
“Composed in spring to fall of 1975 in close collaboration with Wilson, Glass's first opera was first premiered in summer 1976 at the Festival d'Avignon, and in November of the same year to a mixed and partly enthusiastic reaction from th…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1975 to 1976period
New York Citymentioned
“Composed in spring to fall of 1975 in close collaboration with Wilson, Glass's first opera was first premiered in summer 1976 at the Festival d'Avignon, and in November of the same year to a mixed and partly enthusiastic reaction from th…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1975 to 1976period
New Yorkmentioned
“Composed in spring to fall of 1975 in close collaboration with Wilson, Glass's first opera was first premiered in summer 1976 at the Festival d'Avignon, and in November of the same year to a mixed and partly enthusiastic reaction from th…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
August 1979month
Stuttgart State Operamentioned
“Shortly after completing the score in August 1979, Glass met the conductor Dennis Russell Davies, whom he helped prepare for performances in Germany (using a piano-four-hands version of the score); together they started to plan another o…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
August 1979month
Germanymentioned
“Shortly after completing the score in August 1979, Glass met the conductor Dennis Russell Davies, whom he helped prepare for performances in Germany (using a piano-four-hands version of the score); together they started to plan another o…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
March 1984month
Cologne Operamentioned
“The Cologne section premiered at the Cologne Opera in January of 1984, the Rome section in March 1984 at the Opera di Roma.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
March 1984month
Opera di Romamentioned
“The Cologne section premiered at the Cologne Opera in January of 1984, the Rome section in March 1984 at the Opera di Roma.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1990year
East Village, Manhattanmentioned
“In the same year Glass met the poet Allen Ginsberg by chance in a book store in the East Village of New York City, and they immediately "decided on the spot to do something together, reached for one of Allen's books and chose Wichita Vor…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1991year
American Repertory Theatrementioned
“The inspiration of the first part of the trilogy, Orphée (composed in 1991, and premiered in 1993 at the American Repertory Theatre) can be conceptually and musically traced to Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridyce, 1762/17…”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1992year
New York Citymentioned
“In 1992, Glass built his own recording studio in New York City and named it Looking Glass Studios.”
source: Wikipedia: Philip Glass
1992year
2001year
June 2007month
6 June 2010exact date
2011year
1 January 2012exact date
1 January 2012exact date
9 August 2012exact date
9 August 2012exact date
22 January 2013exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Friedrich HayekSouth Africa · 1978Lauren BacallManhattan · 2014Ian GillanManhattan · 2014Harry BelafonteManhattan · 2014Mike NicholsManhattan · 2014Tommy RamoneManhattan · 2014Jean MoulinCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964Witold GombrowiczCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964Alexandre KoyréCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964Carl WoeseCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964Enrico MaciasCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964Lester B. PearsonCrématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise · 1964
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