[New-Poetry] German composer Stockhausen is Dead

[Halvard Johnson]

Speaking of homages, Elliott Carter is still alive, and Tuesday
(the day after tomorrow) is his 99th birthday.

Hal

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On Dec 7, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Gerald Schwartz wrote:

>
> Thinking here, a homage is in order.
>
> Gerald Schwartz
>
>> German composer Stockhausen is dead
>>
>> 12/7/2007, 1:54 p.m. EST
>> The Associated Press
>>
>> BERLIN (AP) - Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose electronic works made  
>> him one
>> of Germany's most important postwar composers, has died, German state
>> broadcaster ZDF reported Friday.  He was 79.
>>
>> Stockhausen, who gained fame with avant-garde compositions in the  
>> 1960s
>> and '70s and later moved to huge music theater and other projects,  
>> died
>> Wednesday, ZDF said, citing the Stockhausen Music Foundation.  It  
>> gave no
>> cause of death.
>>
>> Stockhausen's electronic compositions are a radical departure from
>> musical tradition and incorporate influences as varied as  
>> psychology, the
>> visual arts and the acoustics of a particular concert hall.
>>
>> Stockhausen was born in the village of Moedrath near Cologne in  
>> western
>> Germany on Aug. 22, 1928.  His father was killed in World War II  
>> and his
>> mother also died, leaving him orphaned as a teenager.
>>
>> After completing his studies in musicology, philosophy and German
>> literature at the University of Cologne, he went on to study under
>> composer Olivier Messiaen in Paris from 1952 to 1953, where he also  
>> met
>> his French contemporary Pierre Boulez.
>>
>> Stockhausen wrote more than 280 works, including more than 140  
>> pieces of
>> electronic or electro-acoustic music and brought out more than 100
>> different albums.  He was known for conducting nearly all of the  
>> premiere
>> performances of his works.
>>
>> The composer is survived by six children from two marriages.   
>> Services
>> were not immediately announced.
>>
>> He provoked controversy in 2001 after describing the Sept. 11  
>> attacks as
>> "the greatest work of art one can imagine" during a news conference  
>> in the
>> northern German city of Hamburger, where several of the hijackers had
>> lived.  The composer later apologized for his remarks, but the city  
>> still
>> canceled performances of his works.
>>
>> posted by gregory vincent st. thomasino
>>
>> http://eratio.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
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