KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Music Forum: An Interview with Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1963

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

C.1963.03.24

Program Series

Music Forum

Program Length

54 min

Dates

1963-03-24 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Eric Salzman interviews avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, paying particular attention to his composition “Momente”. The composer gives a fascinating and very detailed analysis of his recent compositional style which emphasizes the discreet events or moments within a larger piece and introduces a small degree of indeterminacy or chance during performance.

Genres

Avant-garde
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Subjects

Avant-garde (Music)
Music theory
Composition (Music)
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Aleatory 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

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

Related Entities

Salzman, Eric
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007