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Charlemagne Palestine

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Year of Birth:1947

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Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine (born 1947), known professionally as Charlemagne Palestine, is an American visual artist and musician. He has been described as being one of the founders of New York school of minimalist music, first initiated by La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Robert Moran, and Phil Niblock, although he prefers to call himself a maximalist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, Palestine began by singing sacred Jewish music and studying accordion and piano.... more

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  • Charles Martin
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