And another minimalist classic...
Music Arcades describes Terry Riley's The Harp of New Albion:
The sleeve notes also explain the concept (yes) of the album, which centre on a harp that Francis Drake allegedly left behind in Northern California when he was trying to circumnavigate the globe in an overloaded Golden Hinde. Riley's semi-improvised pieces are a meditation on what happened to that harp as the wind blew in it, it weathered, warped and re-tuned itself, and was found by Native Americans who incorporated it into their culture.
Here's a sample via a performance on YouTube. Also available for Amazon preview and download.
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