tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post1231703063363857509..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Bauermeister/Stockhausen, Public/Private, Modern/AmodernDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-52730196984103376892011-09-10T04:18:14.789+02:002011-09-10T04:18:14.789+02:00You're right to characterize Stockhausen as mo...You're right to characterize Stockhausen as more of a late romantic than a high modernist, but 'amodern' and 'failing to live up to his earlier promise' are wide of the mark. <br /><br />Amodern implies an abstract definition of modernism that's kind of passe now, no? Perhaps, if this were the 60's or 70's, we could claim that he was amodern. But surely not in 2011. <br /><br />And boy, I don't know how to measure his early promise against his later career. I think it's not an easy comparison, and I think there are moments of sheer brilliance and beauty throughout his career. For every bauble like Tierkreis, and every near disaster like Sirius, there's a moment of utter genius like Licht-Bilder or Himmels Tur.<br /><br />Montags Gruss is actually one of my favorite pieces in his entire catalog. It's like the Das Rheingold prelude, filtered through his artistic cul-de-sac in Kuerten. <br /><br />As far as I understand it, the synth sounds were Simon's. The programming Simon did in the mid-90's seemed to stick in his mind, unfortunately. That's why a brilliant bit of sound sculpture like Cosmic Pulses is weighed down by some absolutely god awful synth sounds.jodruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316056147287208728noreply@blogger.com