Peter Schat - The Heavens (12/12)

Peter Schat (June 5, 1935, in Utrecht - February 10, 2003, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer.

Peter was my composition teacher for two years (1976 and 1977).

In the 1950s, while studying with Kees van Baaren at the conservatories of Utrecht and The Hague, Schat created his opus 1, Passacaglia and Fugue for organ (1954), and Septet (1957). In 1957 he also won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award.

From 1960 he studied with Pierre Boulez in Basel. In 1967 he co-founded the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM) in Amsterdam. Among his most widely noted works are Thema (from 1970) and To You (from 1972). To You was performed at the Holland Festival.

The 1970s also brought Schat's most distinctive contribution to 20th century music theory, the "tone clock". It lends its name to a translation of his collected essays, The Tone Clock (Contemporary Music Studies) (1993, ISBN 3-7186-5369-9).

Here is his very interesting website:

http://www.peterschat.nl/toonklok.html

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[Misteribel]

A pity that ratings are disabled. Very nice intriguing composition. Has the "Tone Clock" ever been used by others then Peter Schat himself? I've yet to find anything substantial.