http://www.wqxr.org/blogs/wqxr-blog/2009/dec/18/eight-days-steve-eighth-blackbird/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/q2/maximum_reich/eightdaysofstevedoublesextet.mp3 Eight Days of Steve: eighth blackbird (December 18, 2009) http://www.wqxr.org/blogs/wqxr-blog/2009/dec/18/eight-days-steve-eighth-blackbird/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/BLOGeighthblackbird-200s.jpg false 1956 article Steve Reich has graciously allowed me to share a few emails from his correspondence with eighth blackbird during the composition and preparation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2008 work Double Sextet. I hope these shed a little light on his creative process. You can also read an interview I did with http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/BLOGeighthblackbird-200s_popup_player.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/cache/BLOGeighthblackbird-200s_popup_player.jpg