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    Posted: February 12 2021 at 17:15
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

By the way: Top musicians I at least had a brief chat with: Fred Muehlboeck (Novalis) and... Gyoergy Ligeti. Approve


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By the way: Top musicians I at least had a brief chat with: Fred Muehlboeck (Novalis) and... Gyoergy Ligeti. Approve
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For me the most interesting and fascinating of these are Stockhausen and Ligeti and between these two compositions I prefer Ligeti.

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Originally posted by Heart of the Matter Heart of the Matter wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

I voted for Stockhausen. the full title of the composition is "Gesang der Jünglinge im Feuerofen" ("Song of the Youths in the Furnace"). the title refers to a story told in the Old Testament (Dan 3), in which Nebuchadnezzar II has the youths Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace because they refuse to worship a golden idol depicting Nebuchadnezzar. they are not hurt by the flames but instead sing hymns of praise to Jahveh.

for the recording of the composition each note the singers sang was recorded separately because Stockhausen did not want the transmission from one note to another.

I had to analyze this composition as a homework when I took compositional courses at Berkeley

Amazing, I didn´t know that. The treatment of the voices to the point of absolute re-shaping keeps grabbing me.

"Lux Aeterna" is of course famous for being used in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 - A Space Odyssey" (for the scene in which they discover the monolith on the moon)


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I have heard the Riley piece but it's long ago, probably should listen to him some more. Revolution 9 is good fun, I like it; "best ever" it is rather not. Gesang der Juenglinge is a masterpiece, however doesn't resonate that much with me personally. Zeit is great and really scratches at number one here, but the vote still goes to Ligeti, I'm a sucker for his stuff, and I'd suspect that Froese or others in TD knew it and were inspired by it.
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

I voted for Stockhausen. the full title of the composition is "Gesang der Jünglinge im Feuerofen" ("Song of the Youths in the Furnace"). the title refers to a story told in the Old Testament (Dan 3), in which Nebuchadnezzar II has the youths Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace because they refuse to worship a golden idol depicting Nebuchadnezzar. they are not hurt by the flames but instead sing hymns of praise to Jahveh.

for the recording of the composition each note the singers sang was recorded separately because Stockhausen did not want the transmission from one note to another.

I had to analyze this composition as a homework when I took compositional courses at Berkeley



Amazing, I didn´t know that. The treatment of the voices to the point of absolute re-shaping keeps grabbing me.
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I'll toss a vote towards Ligeti. 
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You wasted a spot by putting the Beatles in this poll........Dead

I went with Terry Riley, my 2nd choice would be TD.
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I voted for Stockhausen. the full title of the composition is "Gesang der Jünglinge im Feuerofen" ("Song of the Youths in the Furnace"). the title refers to a story told in the Old Testament (Dan 3), in which Nebuchadnezzar II has the youths Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into a fiery furnace because they refuse to worship a golden idol depicting Nebuchadnezzar. they are not hurt by the flames but instead sing hymns of praise to Jahveh.

for the recording of the composition each note the singers sang was recorded separately because Stockhausen did not want the transmission from one note to another.

I had to analyze this composition as a homework when I took compositional courses at Berkeley


Edited by BaldJean - February 09 2021 at 07:31


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Rainbow in Curved Air. I wrote a short review of it a while ago. 
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Not the Beatles. I had to think about the other four. A little bit. Been very into Stockhausen, but it’s not a particular favourite. I really love the Riley, and TD’s Zeit. That said, I have to go with the Ligeti, which may the piece of music I reference the most when talking about other music, such as recently when talking about the Under the Skin soundtrack by Mica Levi, and have in relation to TD various times, such as Genesis on TD’s Electronic Meditation album and Zeit, and of course experimental TD can be compared to some early Pink Floyd.

Wouldn’t expect it, but I feel like Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima would musically work quite well with others. Xenakis is a favourite of mine.

Edited by Logan - February 08 2021 at 21:35
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Riley's Rainbow — an old favorite from ancient times.
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Experimental, yet well-known in their field, and broadly influential, this pieces of work have shocked and amazed for many years. What did they do to you?
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