Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Karlheinz Stockhausenwas a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most importantbut also controversialcomposers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music". He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatoryin serial composition, and musical spatialization...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth22 August 1928
CountryGermany
Karlheinz Stockhausen quotes about
play different singers
Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists who play and sing in different tempos simultaneously and then meet every now and then in the same tempo.
results experiments
One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
voice interesting pieces
When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: "I like this resonance. It elevates me. It develops hitherto unknown possibilities in me. I don't recognize myself. This is very interesting.
limits
I no longer limit myself.
moving important different
No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.
style want given
So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
mean elements harmony
And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.
special firsts six
And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.
musical important transformation
And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
century middle rhythm
But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.
trying world musician
And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
pieces
I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.
moving cubes sound
Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.
german-composer
But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.