Steve Reich and John Adams often compose music using a basic rhythmic motive on repeat for the entire piece. This serves to strip off nonessential elements and isolate a fundamental concept, subscribing to the mid-20th century artistic style called

a. Realism
b. Modernism
c. Maximalism
d. Minimalism


Answer: d. Minimalism

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