Tuesday, October 25, 2022

CDXIX. STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz: Hymnen

CDXIX. STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz (1928-2007)

Hymnen (1966-67)
(1:53:47)



The work that turned my 15-year-old head inside-out!

I have a deep feeling for this composition, which I probably share with 1 out of 1,000 folks out there.

If you want to have a profound experience of what the best and most daring of 20th-century music had to offer, here it is.


Region I is dedicated to Pierre Boulez and uses The Internationale and La Marseillaise.

Region II is dedicated to Henri Pousseur and uses the Deutschlandlied and a group of African anthems, the beginning of the Russian anthem, and a fragment of the Horst-Wessel-Lied.

Region III is dedicated to John Cage and uses the continuation of the Russian anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, and the Marcha Real.

Region IV is dedicated to Luciano Berio and uses the Swiss Psalm.

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I personally dedicate Region IV to my old listening buddy, the late great John (Harpo) Whittington.



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