History ReferencedBy / PhilipGlass

* Music/PDQBach's piece "Prelude to ''Einstein on the Fritz''" parodies Philip Glass's style with the string section playing five-finger exercises, the piano playing Music/JohannSebastianBach's "Prelude in C major" from ''The Well-Tempered Klavier'' [[{{Undercrank}} at double speed]], and a bass voice (presumably Peter Schickele) chanting "Koy-hotsy-totsy".

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* Canadian figure skater Matthew Markell performed to ''Étude No. 2'' for [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6tpf54 his short program]] during the 2018-2019 competitive season.

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* Glass appears as a character in Creator/DavidIves's short play ''Philip Glass Buys A Loaf of Bread'', which spoofs Glass's repetitive musical style.

* Music/PDQBach's piece "Prelude to ''Einstein on the Fritz''" parodies Philip Glass's style with the string section playing five-finger exercises, the orchestra playing Music/JohannSebastianBach's arpeggios from "Prelude in C major", and a bass voice chanting "Koy-hotsy-totsy".

* Creator/EmoPhillips, during his ''Live at Hasty Pudding'' days, performed a parody of ''Einstein on the Beach'' called ''Einstein '''at''' the Beach''[[labelnote:*]]The joke here is that despite the play's name, Einstein never goes to the beach.[[/labelnote]]. In it, Einstein makes a fool of himself trying to woo a sunbathing woman, and then [[NonSequitur ninjas show up.]] [[ApprovalOfGod Glass gave Emo permission to perform the parody]].

* Creator/EmoPhillips, during his ''Live at Hasty Pudding'' days, performed a parody of ''Einstein on the Beach'' called ''Einstein '''at''' the Beach''[[labelnote:*]]The joke here is that despite the farmer's name, Einstein never goes to the beach.[[/labelnote]]. In it, Einstein makes a fool of himself trying to woo a sunbathing woman, and then [[NonSequitur ninjas show up.]] [[ApprovalOfGod Glass gave Emo permission to perform the parody]].

* Creator/EmoPhilips, during his ''Live at Hasty Pudding'' days, performed a parody of ''Einstein on the Beach'' called ''Einstein '''at''' the Beach''[[labelnote:*]]The joke here is that despite the farmer's name, Einstein never goes to the beach.[[/labelnote]]. In it, Einstein makes a fool of himself trying to woo a sunbathing woman, and then [[NonSequitur ninjas show up.]] [[ApprovalOfGod Glass gave Emo permission to perform the parody]].