Other Planets : The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Maconie, Robin J.2005
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Here is a catalogue raisonee of Stockhausens complete output, involving no technical analyses, but rather an examination of the musics aesthetic, practical, and intellectual assumptions. The book contains plentiful citations from the history of radio, film, and sound recording, and from contemporary science and technology.Here is a catalogue raisonee of Stockhausens complete output, involving no technical analyses, but rather an examination of the musics aesthetic, practical, and intellectual assumptions. The book contains plentiful citations from the history of radio, film, and sound recording, and from contemporary science and technology. Laid out in strict chronological order, it contains unusually ample commentary on the composers sources of inspiration, including discussions of the composers Hermann Schroeder, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer, Herbert Eimert, John Cage, the information scientist Werner Meyer-Eppler, and structural anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. Each of Stockhausens 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. Each composition is fully documented within the text with full information of the publisher, catalogue number, ainstrumentation, duration, and composer-authorized compact disc.
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Imprint:
Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2005 NBN International Ltd [distributor], Reuben Musiker [distributor], DA Information Services Pty Ltd [distributor], United Publishers Services Ltd [distributor], Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group [distributor],
Collation:
577p. ; 229x152mm.
Audience:
Reading grade level: general.
ISBN:
9780810853560
Dewey class:
780.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
955948