The motivation to compose stimmung was a commission of the city of cologne for the vocal ensemble collegium vocale of the rheinische musikschule. This recording on the edition volume 11, is a live event, unaltered and unedited. A rc generator was used to make stockhausens studie ii. David lang, michael gordon, karlheinz stockhausen, heiner goebbels, kaija saariaho. Stockhausens next major project in electronic music was kontakte which means contacts. A terrific performace i admire many of stockhausens pieces, but this is the only one that makes me smile the washington post. Finally in the last section we compare stockhausens new morphology of musical time with the book written in 1919 by henry cowell.
Stockhausen has published his working notes and sketches in 10 volumes of texte zur musik writings on music since 1963. Stockhausen stimmung for 6 vocalists universal edition. A turning point for composer and contemporary music alike, stimmung merges the serialists rigour with the minimalists empiricism. The price differences result from the contents of the booklets. Collegium vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently took their interpretation known now as the paris version on the road and into the studio. It is the first vocal work in western serious music with explicitly notated vocal overtones2, and is therefore the first classic composition for overtone singing. In preparing a performance, the score of the paris version of stimmung should be treated as an example, and musicians should be consulted who have rehearsed the work with stockhausen.
Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung 1970, vinyl discogs. Complete your stockhausen singcircle, gregory rose collection. Stockhausen stimmung download free sheet music and scores. As a student in paris in 1952 he had spent long hours listening to and analyzing the evolution of recorded sounds of ethnic musical instruments. For a performance of this work, the 4track tape of the second region of hymnen is played back starting at 2028. Stockhausen definition of stockhausen by the free dictionary. Karlheinz stockhausens stim mung and vowel overtone singing wolfgang saus, 27. Performance theory and practice in stockhausens kontakte. Fundamental achievements in music since 1950 are indelibly. We also discuss the breakdown of stockhausen s total serial control, in the success of his attempt to connect the macrotime and microtime domains structurally.
The six singers employed produce multifarious sounds based on the note b flat and its. Stockhausen wrote the work during cold winter months of february and march of 1968, at which time he was living in a rented house on long island sound in madison, connecticut with his wife and two children. Works include gruppen 1959 for three orchestras, stimmung 1968 for six vocalists, and the operas donnerstag 1980 and freitag 1996. Stockhausen stimmung full score, original version work no 24 free download as pdf file. It is a tonal, and yet also a serial composition toop 2005, 39. Agp101 features the first eleven klavierstucke piano pieces by karlheinz stockhausen, performed by aloys kontarsky in 1965 and transcribed from an outofprint 2cd set. Karlheinz stockhausens stimmung and vowel overtone singing. Stockhausen singcircle, gregory rose stimmung discogs. Stockhausen stimmung full score, original version work no 24. Overview of pitch and time organization in stockhausens. Every piece of music is fully documented within the text with full information of the publisher, catalogue number, instrumentation, duration, and composerauthorized compact disc. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung universal edition datenbank. Hilliers long relationship with stimmung began in the 1970s when he performed it as a member of singcircle with stockhausen himself at the controls. Stockhausen wrote the work during cold winter months of february and march of 1968, at which time he was living in a rented.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Stimmung, for six vocalists and six microphones, is a piece by karlheinz stockhausen, written in 1968 and commissioned by the city of cologne for the collegium vocale koln. The entire piece is based on a low b flat, from which the vocalists spread out harmonically using overtone singing. Cosmic pulses and stimmung create musical spaces of rapturous, visionary beauty and intensity, and these performers are profoundly committed every stockhausen performance is a major event, of course not many composers born in the 20th century.
The first compositions of point music such as kreuzspiel crossplay in 1951, spiel play for orchestra in 1952, and kontrapunkte counterpoints in 195253, brought stockhausen international fame. Covid19 update dear customers, we would like to inform you that due to the current situation concerning the novel corona virus, exit restrictions have been. A matrix system of serial polyphony is detailed with numerous examples drawn from stockhausens 26 pages of sketches for klavierstuck xi. Karlheinz stockhausen created stimmung1 for six vocalists in. All other pitches must be overtones of the natural harmonic series above this bflat in the preface of the score, annotation number 10, which reads, depending on the average range of the singers, this overtone series may also be slightly transposed upwards or downwards applies to a. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Stockhausen article about stockhausen by the free dictionary. This study is an analysis of how karlheinz stockhausen composed his klavierstuck xi. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. A comprehensive text about the composition of the work and about its performance practice is printed in the text booklet of cde12 of the stockhausen. This type of generator uses resistors and capacitors in its circuitry to produce a sine wave or other type of wave. Stimmung, translatable as tuning or being in tune with, is a longform exploration of vocal harmonics for six vocalists and six microphones. Its average length is seventyfour minutes, and it bears the work number 24 in the composers catalog. Kurzwellen, an album by karlheinz stockhausen, ensemble c. Written in 1968, a year of revolt and idealism, it is a definitive work of the era based on one chord for its 70minute duration. Supplementary text 1997 about stimmung karlheinz stockhausen. We look back at his life and celebrate his many achievements. The version recorded is just one possible aspect on this composition, out of innumerable possible versions, deducted from the compositional method of stockhausens and the. These blogs function not so much as web diaries but more like online books ive written or am writing, with each post being analogous to a book chapter. Proponents of stockhausens workand writers on his music are overwhelmingly worshipfultout stimmung as a masterpiece, at once embracing new musical parameters and creating a new genre of vocal production while also offering listeners a kind of entrancing meditative space.
Theatre of voices konzertdirektion hortnagel berlin. Though karlheinz stockhausens stimmung tuning for six solo voices may be one of his most accessible pieces, relatively few commercial recordings of the hourlong meditation on a chord exist. Karlheinz stockhausens studie ii by emily smith on prezi. In a later programme note for stimmung, subsequently printed in volume 3 of his texte. Stockhausen synonyms, stockhausen pronunciation, stockhausen translation, english dictionary definition of stockhausen. Stockhausen composer, cds page 1 of 6 presto classical. Each of stockhausen s compositions is treated on its own terms, and also as a piece in a larger puzzle, embracing surrealist art and literature as well as music. A recording of klavierstucke ixiv performed by ellen corver is available on cd 56 of the stockhausen complete edition.
Stockhausens prozession falls in line with these thoughts, the way it is composed and the manner in which it is to be performed. Markus stockhausen born may 2, 1957 is a german trumpeter and composer. Stimmung should be performed only by the voices prescribed. Karlheinz stockhausen at the international vacation courses for new music in darmstadt 1951 1996 documents and letters 646 bound pages, in german, 105 black and white photographs, hard cover, stockhausen foundation for music, 2001 99 contents of stockhausen in darmstadt. Few individuals have influenced the development of electronic music as much as karlheinz stockhausen, who died last december. Ambos estudaram com o compositor e organista olivier messiaen. Here the focus is instrumental rather than vocal sound. Stockhausens overall vision, an examination of the worldview that informed and drove this exploration greatly enriches, and is in fact integral to, any discussion of the compositional techniques employed in his work. Dagmar apel soprano i, gaby rodens soprano ii, helga albrecht alto mezzosoprano, wolfgang fromme tenor, georg steinhoff baritone, hansalderich billig bass. Klein 1968, 117 but also controversial power 1990, 30 composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Studie ii analysis stockhausen used serial techniques in his compositional approach to determine sine tone. Stockhausen realised the electronic music and participated in these. The fundamental tone of stimmung is bflat sung by the bass, and in combinations 1 and 21 also by tenor ii. Why avantgardist composer karlheinz stockhausens stimmung, an hour chant of the b flat ninth chord, is a significant piece of music. Karlheinz stockhausens stimmung and vowel overtone singing saus pdf. In works combining electronics and live action, the spontaneity of accident.
Karlheinz stockhausen lectures on kontakte, one of his most significant works, at the wellknown summer school in darmstadt, germany, 1961. Please note that surface mail which is included in our prices can take longer to some countries. Karlheinz stockhausen started composing in the early 1950s and over the course of his lifetime he wrote over 350 works. Karlheinz stockhausen stimmung, paris version 1969. In case you prefer additional air mail, please send us an email and we can tell you the extra costs for your parcel. His recordings and performances have typically alternated between jazz and chamber or opera music, the latter often in collaboration with his father, composer karlheinz stockhausen.
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