KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Gerhard Stäbler, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1985.11.21.B

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

113 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1986-08-22 | broadcast
| 1985-11-21 | created

Description

From a program recorded on November 21, 1985 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Gerhard Stäbler before a live audience. Gerhard Stäbler was born in Wilhelmsdorf near Ravensburg (Swabian, South Germany) in 1949. He studied composition with Nicolaus Huber and organ with Gerd Zacher. From 1982 to 1984 he taught music theory at the Essen Folkwang Hochschule für Musik. At the time of this recording in 1985 he was working as a producer for radio stations, and was a member of the Cultural Committee of the City of Essen. He was awarded the Cornelius Cardew Memorial Prize for “Fürs Vaterland”. In 1985 the Heinrich Stuftung awarded Stäbler a composing grant to enable him to work year round on his music. In 1984 he founded the Ensemble V of Essen which specializes in progressive music of the avant-garde. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Wirbelsäulenflöte (“Spine Flute”) [text by Vladimir Mayakovsky] (1984) -- Schatten wilder Schmerzen (“Shadows of Wild Pain”) (1984-85)

Subjects

Politics and culture
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble
Aleatory music
Percussion ensembles
Peace movements
Orchestral music
Electronic music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Stäbler, Gerhard
Mayakovsky, Vladimir, 1893-1930