This week we will concentrate on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, in preparation for next week’s class with pianist and Stockhausen specialist, Simon Smith. Read and listen to as much of this material as you can.
Read Stockhausen on Music: Interviews and Lectures Compiled by Robin Maconie. Book provided by the course.
A Guide to Stockhausen’s Music – The Guardian, London. Excellent introduction to Stockhausen’s music and thought.
Please study this, and follow as many links as possible; unfortunately, some of them are broken due to copyright. Listen to at least some of Stimmung.
Here is an incredible YouTube collection of many of Stockhausen’s lectures in English. Try at least a few.
Stockhausen and The Beatles – The Guardian, London. Really interesting description of how Stockhausen influenced The Beatles. Listen to at least some of the incredible Hymnen.
Listen to at least some of Stockhausen’s Kontakte, and read about it here.
Listen to Stockhausen’s Gesang der Jünglinge. Read about the masterpiece here.
Website of the Karlheinz Stockhausen Foundation. You’ll find everything about Stockhausen here.