Stockhausen, a biography / Michael Kurtz ; translated by Richard Toop.
| Author/creator |
Kurtz, Michael, 1948- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Faber and Faber, 1992. |
| Description | xvii, 270 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: a Sirius Centre in France -- Childhood and youth 1928-47 -- Writer or composer 1947-51 -- Awakening after a musical 'Zero hour' 1951-3 -- Electronic music: a musical homunculus 1953-5 -- Spatial and aleatory music 1955-60 -- From moment form to live electronics 1961-5 -- 'A music of all countries and races' 1966-8 -- Aus den sieben Tagen 1968-70 -- Music as gateway to the spiritual 1970-74 -- New interpreters, new instrumental techniques 1974-7 -- Licht 1977-91. |
| Abstract | Stockhausen is a unique figure in the history of twentieth-century music. A tireless innovator, his work has always aroused great controversy, as well as attracting a fanatical discipleship. Stockhausen is renowned for his role in establishing European serialism, for his pioneering work in every form of electro-acoustic music--from early musique concrete to computer music--for his exploitation of physical performance space, and in the seven-opera cycle Licht for the integration of sound and movement. Stockhausen the man, however, has largely escaped analysis. Now this book reveals the personal history of this extraordinary figure. We learn of his boyhood in Cologne, his struggles as a student, his studies with Messiaen in Paris, his exacting and highly individual teaching methods at Darmstadt and Cologne, and the circumstances in which many of his greatest works were composed. |
| General note | Translation of: Stockhausen. |
| General note | Originally published in German in 1988 by Bärenreiter Kassel, Basel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index. |
| LCCN | gb 92011255 |
| ISBN | 0571143237 : |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S858 K9813 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |