Stockhausen -- Hymnen

HYMNEN is a composition that integrates a wide variety of national anthems and transforms them electronically.

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[mahler151]

Stockhausen would be sickened at such retardation being commented on his music.

[regcom]

People who think Stockhausen's music is impossible to enjoy are delusional. I enjoyed his music long before I understood it at all. My appreciation for it has only deepened with the refinement of my ear throughout the years.

[James Burns]

Agreed!



[zwerty007]

I don't understand alot of Stockhausen's music but I find this one interesting

[FromNothingICome]

the guy in the parking lot at the Phish show can help you with this. JK...sorta. I mean, I don't know if they're touring anymore... not that I care. but LSD is pretty much the answer to your question. ;)

[Michael Black]

Hurrah for you and your refined ears.

[SynaesthesiaOfficial]

nobody can help you but you.

[MVPtr4sh]

yeah!

[George Cartwright]

rockin'. moving. touching. it's why we need to live.

[Holger Keller]

MOOG !

[Fremglerk]

@PowerRedBull: Familiarize yourself with the history of Western music from Wagner to Webern to Stockhausen and you'll learn how controlled and non-random Hymnen is. It takes Wagner's principle of constant modulation to the extreme. KS had to work hard to introduce aleatoric techniques into his music (which he did to make it less rigid), but the principle of all his previous integral serialist music is *non-repetition*. Variation is not randomness and repetition is not necessarily organization.