Phillip Glass has listened to musical theatre works.
 In a 2011 interview, Glass stated that Franz Schubertwith whom he shares a birthdayis his favorite composer
 Glass built a sizable record collection from the unsold records in his father's store, including modern classical music such as Hindemith, Bartk, Schoenberg, Shostakovich and Western classical music including Beethoven's string quartets and Schubert's B Piano Trio

