1) Read article from Perceptible processes: Minimalism & the Baroque Steve Reich "Music as a Gradual process"
2) Watch: Monteverdi's Orfeo opera (it's 2 hours so please do jump but get at least a good hour of it to get the story and different stage settings etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mD16EVxNOM
3) Critique:
i) Who is Orfeo?
ii) based on the article and having watched Glass's Einstein on the Beach (Minimalism) and Monteverdi's Orfeo (early Baroque) - did you find any similarities, differences, comments etc.