December 20, 2007
News
"Hymnen for a Legend:
Karlheinz Stockhausen passes away"
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Karlheinz Stochhausen (1928-2007)
"Stockhausen's visionary approach to music took him in many directions, beginning in the 1950s with experiments in electronic music. Gesang der Junglinge, from this period, was a groundbreaking piece that critic Alex Ross describes as an 'electronic classic, a cauldron of sound centered on a choirboy singing 'Praise the Lord,' setting a standard for far-out music that no psychedelic rock band has surpassed.'"
--Tom Huizenga
"Gesang der Junglinge" stamped me like hot lead on paper. Music so surreal it took me on a voyage to other realms of the universe, just like the movie to which I saw it paired -- "2001: A Space Odyssey." It was unearthly, evoking in me a memory of eternity that only truly great music can induce!
Stockhausen site: http://www.stockhausen.org/
"Stockhausen," by Carl MackiLink to the music: http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/gesang-der-juenglinge/
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Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesang_der_J%C3%BCnglinge
More of Stockhausen at http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/search/category:audio%20art
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The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players will present Stockhausen's "Kontakte" for piano, percussion, and electronics, on Monday, March 17, 2008 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Stockhausen's own sound engineer is coming from Germany to participate. www.sfcmp.org
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