1960s music hero Riley: "The pendulum will swing"

ARLES, France (Reuters) – American composer Terry Riley, who penned the 1960s piece “In C” that earned him his reputation as “the father of minimalism” in music, thinks the pendulum will swing back to that magical time. “I don’t really look on it with nostalgia, I just wonder how we didn’t hold onto it longer,” Riley, who has remained in the forefront of innovative music ever since, told Reuters. “It was a very brief flame that spluttered out.” The 77-year-old California native who taught at the progressive Mills College in Oakland, Ca. …