Language(s): English

Keyword(s):

Schaefferian Theory ,  Analysis ,  Typo-morphologie (Typo-morphology) ,  Graphic Score ,  Electronic Music ,  Mixed Work

Abstract:

The author analyses the first two sections of Kontakte using Schaefferian theory. The use of a typo-morphology approach helps John Dack to describe the material and the musical language of Stockhausen. He also realises many graphical transcriptions of each subsection.

All references of the same author:

(English)

Dack, John (1993). A la Recherche de l'Instrument Perdu
Dack, John (1994). Pierre Schaeffer and the Significance of Radiophonic Art
Dack, John (1997). Pedagogy and the Studio
Dack, John (1998b). Systematising the Unsystematic
Dack, John (1999a). Karlheinz Stockhausen's Kontakte and Narrativity
Dack, John (1999b). The Creative Power of the Machine
Dack, John (2000). Ludwig Van Henry - An Interview with Pierre Henry
Dack, John (2001). Diffusion as Performance
Dack, John (2002a). Histories and Ideologies of Synthesis
Dack, John (2002b). Abstract and Concrete
Dack, John (2003a). Can the Analogue Past Inform the Digital Present?
Dack, John (2003b). Sound, Installations and Music
Dack, John (2003c). Ear-training using the computer and PROGREMU
Dack, John (2004). 'Open' Forms and the Computer