A 1960 version by david tudor and christoph caskel is also available from wergo 60092. The only widely available version, released on ecstatic peace, was recorded in toronto in 1978 with tape plus pianist james tenney and percussionist william winant. Stockhausen s unceasing curiosity and relentless selfdiscipline have led to musical discoveries of extraordinary beauty and power. Kontakte is a stockhausen classic, along with klavierstrucke and mikrophonie. What are, therefore, the features of karlheinz stockhausens kontakte fur. Europe version 1972 cd 7 ab and donaueschingen version 1965 cd 7 c conductor. Very clear demonstration of the birth of techno electronic music and therefore a good buy for anybody tracing musical roots. This piece discusses the techniques stockhausen explores to draw the listeners toward experiencing time in the present. Stockhausen realised the electronic music and participated in these recordings as conductor, performer, sound projectionist, and musical director. Kontakte realisation score, second edition, english version. A guide to karlheinz stockhausens music music the guardian.
The two pieces in tonights concert, kontakte and oktophonie were composed just over 30 years apart kontakte in 195960 and oktophonie in 199091 but they share some similarities. Record shops music gear books films comics posters. Klein 1968, 117 but also controversial power 1990, 30 composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Scores, compact discs, books, posters, videos and music boxes may be ordered directly from the. Kontakte electronic music kontakte for electronic sounds, piano and percussion is available on another cd from stockhausenverlag, cd 6 etude 1952 this is musique concrete.
The performance score indicates a duration of 3431,8 information cd booklet. Stockhausen, karlheinz 19282007 worldcat identities. Stockhausen has such profound relevance to everything in electronic music today after all, hes considered to be the father of electronic music. Karlheinz stockhausen lectures on kontakte, one of his most significant works, at the wellknown summer school in darmstadt, germany, 1961. This is where stockhausen made an important decision. This version is the more widely known version of kontakte. The electronic sound categories establish relationships and transitions. Europe version 1972 for solo soprano, 4 choir groups and instrumentalists cond. Nov, 2008 during the making of kontakte, the hugely ambitious electronic work of the late50s, stockhausen, who always had one eye on posterity, was filmed rotating sounds around four microphones on a heath. Kontakte contacts is an electronic music work by karlheinz stockhausen, realized in.
This piece discusses the techniques stockhausen explores to draw the listeners toward experiencing time in the present, as well as the inspiration with a focus on the ability to analyze sound in relation to time. Hymnen anthems electronic and concrete music created 196667 at wdr cologne. Karlheinz stockhausen mit david tudor christoph caskel kontakte fur elektronische klange. May 22, 2011 karlheinz stockhausen kontakte elektronische graphik. Performance theory and practice in stockhausens kontakte. Early works, serial pieces, electronic music, moment form stockhausen edition cds 110 are on this page see the links in the table above to navigate to the other cd guides, or go to the complete listing. Karlheinz stockhausen kontakte 1964, vinyl discogs. The structural relationship of live instruments to electronic sounds in kontakte draws on stockhausens early experiences in radio, and as a student of information theory and speech processing.
Stockhausen scores published by the stockhausenverlag. Lp, album, re deutscher schallplattenclub, wergo j 2106, 29 2102. Kontakte contacts is an electronic music work by karlheinz stockhausen, realized in 195860 at the westdeutscher rundfunk wdr electronicmusic studio in cologne with the assistance of gottfried michael koenig morawskabungeler 1988, 109. Kontakte for electronic sounds, piano and percussion is available on. Karlheinz stockhausen kontakte elektronische graphik. The remaining copies of this 4colour art book may be purchased from the stockhausenverlag. Please note that surface mail which is included in our prices can take longer to some countries. The movement, depth and shear strangeness of stockhausen s kontakte makes you either profoundly shocked at his genius or wonder what all the fuss is about.
In this book of extraordinary conversations, stockhausen talks to jonathan colt poet and a contributing editor to rolling stone magazine about the artists role, as both receiver and transformer, and about new ways of breaking down the boundaries of audiencecomposition perceptions. According to his official biographer, stockhausen regarded this mass as a sacred work written from personal conviction, and asked his mentor, the director of the wdr electronic studio herbert eimert, to write to the cologne archbishops diocesan office for permission to have the. Stockhausen has said that a composition should surprise, and that the less it reminds you of something else, the better it is. Kontakte marks stockhausens first live electroacoustic work in the version with accompanying live instrumentalists.
Seppo heikinheimos book, the electronic music of karlheinz stockhausen. The most obvious is that both pieces are electronic music, the sounds come out of loudspeakers, and as the sounds come from the speakers stockhausen. The vocal parts were supplied by 12yearold josef protschka. Stockhausens unceasing curiosity and relentless selfdiscipline have led to musical discoveries of extraordinary beauty and power. Kontakte version for electronic sounds, piano and percussion. He personally mixed down the recordings, mastered them for cds, wrote the texts and drew the covers. These first 10 volumes contain early seminal works which put stockhausen at the forefront of avantgarde vocal, instrumental, and electronic music. Stockhausens original intent was for four performers to respond spontaneously to what they hear, but this proved impracticable after initial rehearsals. Notes on stockhausens kontakte and oktophonie robert worby. Jan, 2016 kontakte, a 1960s composition from musique concrete composer karlheinz stockhausen, utilizes innovative and complex techniques to manipulate perception of time. We look back at his life and celebrate his many achievements. Karlheinz stockhausens most popular book is stockhausen on music. Very clear demonstration of the birth of technoelectronic music and therefore a good buy for anybody tracing musical roots. Fiery furnace 3rd book of daniel, and whenever language emerges momentarily.
Perfect guides to the complexities george barton left and siwan rhys. Karlheinz stockhausen has 12 books on goodreads with 321 ratings. In my opinion, hymnen is the peak of stockhausens electronic music achievements. The electronic tape in both versions is identical, with instrumental parts added in. Composers, interpreters, musicologists, sound projectionists and music lovers are cordially invited to attend the stockhausen concerts and courses kurten 2019. The most influential, unique voice in the musical avantgarde, with a keen sensitivity to the acoustical realities and possibilities of sound. If you listen to the music of composer karlheinz stockhausen you can hardly believe that such a man of the old school and with such a sense for innovations of the musical language had nevertheless influenced the young electronic wizzards community of the nineties with their.
Stockhausens original intent was for four performers to respond spontaneously to what. Kontakte, a 1960s composition from musique concrete composer karlheinz stockhausen, utilizes innovative and complex techniques to manipulate perception of time. This page documents the electronic tape and live instruments recording of kontakte. A simplified graphic representation of the electronic music with the notation of the instrumental parts exists as a score. The numbers indicate the general historical order of the works. For the 18 th year, the music of karlheinz stockhausen will be the focal point of nine days of concerts, interpretation courses, seminars, lectures and discussions. This recording was my first introduction to stockhausen. Stockhausen electronic music 19521960 stockhausen essays. Zyklus klavierstucke v and ix kontakte, an album by karlheinz stockhausen on spotify. Books by karlheinz stockhausen author of stockhausen on. Kontakte 1960 exists in two versions as electronic music by itself or, as in the case of this performance, with two live players reacting to the taped sounds. Kontakte for electronic sounds, piano and percussion 195960.
The realisation score of kontakte is, in effect, a published version of his principal sketches. Almost every work that karlheinz stockhausen wrote in the 1950s seemed to break new ground, but few have had a more lasting impact than kontakte, which he planned in 1958 and realised over the following two years in the electronic studios of west german radio. Stockhausen scores published by the stockhausen verlag. An analysis of form and the perception of sound and. First, i recorded six sounds of variously prepared low piano strings struck with an iron beater tape speed. Kontakte contacts is a celebrated electronic music work by karlheinz stockhausen, realized in 195860 at the westdeutscher rundfunk wdr electronicmusi.
Karlheinz stockhausen mit david tudor christoph caskel. Analysis and appreciation of kontakte contacts, a 4channel electronic tape. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests. The top 100 alternative albums of the 1960s by spin staff. Kontakte for electronic sounds, piano and percussion 195960 this version is the more widely known version of kontakte. Highly recommended as a foundational book for any composer, producer or performer of electronic music. Ive been researching this piece for my qualification exams, and there is an interesting article, translated into english, by stockhausen on the creation of the piece, in perspectives of new music, vol. The movement, depth and shear strangeness of stockhausens kontakte makes you either profoundly shocked at his genius or wonder what all the fuss is about. Stockhausen 3 cds with 4colour text booklet 80 pages, germanenglish and separate book with complete sung texts 32 x 27 cm, 36 pages, colour print.
During the making of kontakte, the hugely ambitious electronic work of the late50s, stockhausen, who always had one eye on posterity, was filmed rotating sounds around four microphones on. At the appropriate levels, with the 4channel immersion, it is a visceral experience. In 1953 stockhausen started his work at the wdr actually called nordwestdeutsche rundfunk with the first electronic work for sine waves. A version with live soloists utilizing open forms in their accompaniment is also included in this 4 cd box set, as well as a bound book. Karlheinz stockhausen has arguably done more to transform 20th and 21stcentury music than any other single composer. This collection of his writings is a composers guide to a life and music that has influenced every sphere of presentday musical practice, both classical and popular, live as well as electroacoustic. Few individuals have influenced the development of electronic music as much as karlheinz stockhausen, who died last december. The book is emphatically a biography, for while it is understood that one can best describe the composers life by the works he turns out, there is little heavy analysis of karlheinz stockhausens music. In the autumn of 1954, stockhausen conceived the idea of composing a mass for electronic sounds and voices. Earlier documented pressing date than other us release stockhausen kontakte. Refrain which claims 1968 release for 1968 recordings but only documented pressing date is 1971. I have both this recording and the electroniconly version of this work, and being able to listen to both sidebyside sadly, not with the score at hand, though, i. It was realized in 195556 at the westdeutscher rundfunk studio in cologne and is work number 8 in the composers catalog of works.
May 07, 20 karlheinz stockhausen has arguably done more to transform 20th and 21stcentury music than any other single composer. The price differences result from the contents of the booklets. For the electronic sounds in the work i refer the reader to my text on kontakte, electronic music. I just saw this live, in the version for piano, percussion and tape, with the 4channel, surroundsoundlike diffusion. This work reveals so much about the life of the man through his own words. Kontakte for tape, piano and percussion is the most commonly presented live version of kontakte, as it has a very. Probably stockhausens most famous work, kontakte has been performed in two versions, one with fourchannel tape and another with fourchannel tape with added piano and percussion. Stockhausen scores stockhausen verlag edition scores. In case you prefer additional air mail, please send us an email and we can tell you the extra costs for your parcel. Books by karlheinz stockhausen author of stockhausen on music.
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