Editing Michael Nyman (section)

=== Work as music critic, 1968–1976===
Nyman says he discovered his aesthetic by playing the [[aria]] "[[Madamina, il catalogo è questo]]" from Mozart's ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' on his piano in the style of [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], which "dictated the dynamic, articulation and texture of everything I've subsequently done."<ref>[[Andrew Ford (composer)|Andrew Ford]]. "Jerry Lee Lewis Plays Mozart." ''Composer to Composer'' London: [[Quartet Books]], 1993. pp 192–195, p 194</ref> It subsequently became the base for his 1977 piece ''In Re Don Giovanni.''

In 1969, Nyman provided the [[libretto]] of [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s opera ''[[Down by the Greenwood Side (opera)|Down by the Greenwood Side]]'' and directed the short film ''Love Love Love'' (based on [[the Beatles]]' "[[All You Need Is Love]]").<ref name=sion>{{harvnb|Siôn|2007|p=83}}</ref> He then settled into music criticism, where he is generally acknowledged to have been the first to apply the term "[[minimalism]]" to music, in a 1968 article in ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine about the English composer [[Cornelius Cardew]]. He wrote introductions for [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (Handel)|Concerti grossi, Op. 6]], and interviewed [[George Brecht]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Et |url=https://et-musica.cl/en/george-brecht-en-entrevista-con-m-nyman/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |language=es-ES}}</ref> His 1976 album ''[[Decay Music]]'' was produced by [[Brian Eno]]. In 1974 Nyman published an influential book called ''Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond'', which explored the influence of [[John Cage]] on [[European classical music|classical]] composers.