Comments on: Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1928-2007

By: Boring Like A Drill. A Blog. » Karlheinz Stockhausen

Boring Like A Drill. A Blog. » Karlheinz Stockhausen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:21:01 +0000

[...] yet fully assess the achievement of the last 30 years of his career. I first read the news at Sequenza21, which has reader comments and some prime Stockhausen video. The Rest Is Noise has more links, [...]

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:48:09 +0000

The official memorial page is now up:

http://stockhausenmemorial.blogspot.com/

Everyone is invited to leave a memento.

By: lawrencedillon

lawrencedillon — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:37:27 +0000

I was crazy for Stockhausen in my youth – spent a now-astonishing number of hours glued to Mikrophonie I and II. In later years, I realized his path, his aspirations, were not for me. At that point he joined the list of composers for whom I feel respect and gratitude, though their goals lie far from mine.

RIP, Herr Stockhausen. You’ve left quite a legacy.

By: Charles Shere

Charles Shere — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:16:59 +0000

Yes: a shock. A sweet man and a fascinating composer. My feelings are on my blog; beyond that only fond memories, of the man and the sounds he caught…

By: Mary Jane Leach

Mary Jane Leach — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:50:38 +0000

What a shock. Even from the suburbs, he cast a large shadow over Köln, where I lived for a couple of years. Der Speigel has an interesting headline “Der konservative Revolutionär.” “Gesangs der Jünglinges” has a special place for me, as well as “Hymnen” and “Stimmung,” especially since an old friend of mine was one of the original singers in it.

By: Ann Millikan

Ann Millikan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:17:25 +0000

A very sad day indeed. I keep finding myself saying, where is everybody going? So many great voices are passing. This memorium to Andrew Imbrie from SF Classical Voice. http://www.sfcv.org/2007/12/04/in-memoriam-andrew-imbrie/

By: Frank J. Oteri

Frank J. Oteri — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:00:14 +0000

Karlheinz Stockhausen was actually the initial inspiration for my long hair. Today is indeed a very sad day. I learned about Wiley Hitchcock this morning on Musical America, then Stockhausen from these pages. And less than an hour ago, I also learned of the death of Andrew Imbrie which I’ve just posted something very brief about on NewMusicBox (until I learn more).

By: Daniel G.

Daniel G. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:06:38 +0000

My source (a close friend of KS) tells me that indeed this was VERY unexpected.

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:24:45 +0000

Incidentally, there were a lot of performance plans afoot for next year, which would have been his 80th. No doubt there will be even more, so keep an ear to the ground.

By: Anthony Cornicello

Anthony Cornicello — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:13:19 +0000

I realized after hearing this, that Boulez is the last of the 50s Darmstadt crowd. Berio, Nono, now Stockhausen, all gone. If you look further, Cage, Feldman, Tudor. It’s truly the close of an era.

Now it’s up to us to continue.