Ah. I've always been pretty ambivalent about that one. posted by goethean at 12:49 PM on December 7, 2007
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I was fortunate enough to hear a performance of Hymnen at the SF Tape Music festival. What a harrowing experience. posted by roll truck roll at 12:55 PM on December 7, 2007
Condolences to both of his wives. posted by StickyCarpet at 12:57 PM on December 7, 2007
When I first glanced at this, I thought for a second someone had assassinated the key witness in a bribery scandal involving a former Canadian Prime Minister... posted by kowalski at 1:12 PM on December 7, 2007
well, shit. posted by Dantien at 1:22 PM on December 7, 2007
Very sad. He was a huge inspiration to many, many purveyors of atonal electronic anti-music, not to mention Can and Kraftwerk. He's whooping and yibbling at angels now. posted by infinitywaltz at 1:29 PM on December 7, 2007
In his biography he is described as relating with some satisfaction having received a letter addressed to "Stockhausen, Germany," from a crank who hated his music. posted by StickyCarpet at 1:33 PM on December 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
This reminds me to get a subscription to Le Monde. The New York Times seems to suggest that he is only relevant because of Lennon, Zappa, and (shudder) techno. The Guardian's obit. is particularly horrible.
He wrote some strange and beautiful music. He will be missed. posted by Raoul de Noget at 3:19 PM on December 7, 2007
Check out this page from one of his scores (Elektronische Studien II). posted by ludwig_van at 3:24 PM on December 7, 2007
He was a huge inspiration to many, many purveyors of atonal electronic anti-music, not to mention Can and Kraftwerk.
Not to mention that he was the only classical composer honored on the front cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. posted by jonp72 at 3:41 PM on December 7, 2007
He was pretty great, pretty damn great. I've really enjoyed a lot of his music, but there's a whole lot I haven't heard yet, and I really should check out more of it.
Here's a fine performance (in someone's living room, it appears) of Stockhausen's Set Sail For The Sun. The video goes black at 1:12 (one of the players turns out the light, simple as that!) which seems poetically appropriate today. posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:41 PM on December 7, 2007
as a work of art, his death pales in comparison to the genius of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. posted by ism at 3:46 PM on December 7, 2007 [2 favorites]
The only thing of his I've heard is Mantra, bits of which have been coming up when I've got the iPod set on shuffle. It's a bit obnoxious at first, but the ring modulated piano sound really grows on you. posted by Lentrohamsanin at 6:14 PM on December 7, 2007
In Friendship .
…for love is stronger than death. posted by hortense at 9:55 PM on December 7, 2007
I'm glad he managed to finish his giant opera Licht, and that they're going to perform it next year. That thing will be like the new ring cycle.
And so what if he called sept11th a work of art?? Who gives a fuck?
"Only as an aesthetic phenomenon is the world eternally justified" posted by leibniz at 12:31 AM on December 8, 2007
To spare you the suspense, he didn't actually say that. He said it was a the art-work of Satan. It was ripped out of context and mangled by a journalist.
Stockhausen was a great artist. I am glad he lived as long as he did. posted by Kattullus at 12:48 AM on December 8, 2007
Stockhausen was a great artist. I am glad he lived as long as he did.
I couldn't have said it better; the world is richer for his having been in it. posted by LooseFilter at 1:50 AM on December 8, 2007
I teared up when I saw this last night. Funny how sometimes you don't realize how much someone means to you until . . .
If you ever get a chance to see the Brothers Quay movie In Absentia, for which Stockhausen composed the soundtrack, you absolutely must. I was already somewhat turned on to Stockhausen when I saw that, but that sealed it for me -- a truly life-changing auditory (and visual) experience.
I don't really know much about his music, but the fact that some crazy bonkers german guy was out there creating the strangest things possible made me very happy indeed.
You need people like that. posted by sgt.serenity at 9:00 PM on December 9, 2007
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