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Can anyone recall Herr Stockhausen ever calling his "works" "music"? He
refers to "Die Musik" often and talks a lot about himself (very s l o w l
y) but, he as I remember it defines his "Kunst" in preference to an
allusion with "Musik".
He's active in the art of generating audience-response to a set of
circumstances incited by people playing (or similar) instruments to a
Stockhausien road-map rather than following academic descriptions of
"musical" accuracy. These are events in time and space with sounds at
a level of experimentation the motives of which probably only he truly
understands.
Even the handkerchief-biting front-row-seated students suppressing rampent
giggles at clarinettists pooping into inverted instuments makes for
performance-art to which audio recordings can only allude. I am not a fan,
I'd rather be somewhere else, but, it is a window in time in the lives of
those present which represents a common performance "art" and if "music" is
restricted to something which can be enjoyed from a CD alone then most of
Stockhausen's "art" IMO isn't.
Donald Satz wrote:
>My grandson experiments often on a daily basis; so much is new to him.
>However, all of his experimentation is "old hat" to me, since I've
>already gone through it all. So, the very same process which is clearly
>experimental to him is not experimental to me. And life goes on.
Your grandson is probably experimenting on a level which is unable to be
defined by you, and, your being unable to recognise what you are expecting
from him, namely something which is "old hat", does not proclude something
he defines as his own art being present, it may indeed be the music you are
unable to define,(and life goes on). Have a closer look see whether his
performance art can't raise the royalty checks Stockhausen enjoys.
If anyone thinks Beethoven's string writing is bad, have a look at
Stockhausen's writing for Ring-Modulator...
I suggest a new law that everyone who chooses to drive over a set
speed-limit should have automatically a fine which is donated to the
arts-supporting charities. Maybe orchestral musicians could set speed
traps on the way to rehearsals.
OK, it's raining in Bavaria.
Anthony Morris
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