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Book SynopsisGerman composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was arguably the most influential figure of the European postwar avant-garde and unquestionably the most elusive and enigmatic musical thinker of a generation that includes Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Luciano Berio. His radically new electronic and instrumental music converted Igor Stravinsky to serialism in the 1950s and has continued to inspire young composers for more than fifty years.Other Planets: The Complete Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, 19502007 draws on more than fifty years of Maconie's close study of Stockhausen and functions as a catalogue raisonee of Stockhausen's complete output. With plentiful citations from the history of radio, film, and sound recording, as well as from contemporary science and technology, the book is laid out in chronological order and contains ample commentary on the composer's sources of inspiration. Each composition is also fully documented within the text, giving full information of each work's publisher,
Trade ReviewOther Planets is an entertaining and detailed resource…. [T]he imaginative, conglomerate approach taken by Maconie invites further elaboration and discussion. In the context of a resurgence in performances of Stockhausen’s music and an intensification of interest around the world, this resource…will help shape the interpretation and reception of future practitioners and audiences. * Tempo *
Table of ContentsChapter One: Formation Chapter Two: Early Works Chapter Three: Polarities Chapter Four: Rhythmic Cells Chapter Five: Music on Tape Chapter Six: Watching Time Chapter Seven: Meyer-Eppler Chapter Eight: Temperaments Chapter Nine: Aleatory Chapter Ten: Revolution Chapter Eleven: Contacts Chapter Twelve: Theater Chapter Thirteen: Uncertainty Chapter Fourteen: Process Chapter Fifteen: Anthems Chapter Sixteen: Figures Chapter Seventeen: White Space Chapter Eighteen: Findings Chapter Nineteen: Rites Chapter Twenty: Stagecraft Chapter Twenty-One: Allegories Chapter Twenty-Two: Mysterium Chapter Twenty-Tree: Donnerstag Chapter Twenty-Four: Samstag Chapter Twenty-Five: Montag Chapter Twenty-Six: Dienstag Chapter Twenty-Seven: Freitag Chapter Twenty-Eight: Mittwoch Chapter Twenty-Nine: Sonntag Chapter Thirty: Last Rites Chapter Thirty-One: Cosmic Pulses
