2011/01/01 by Michael Fowler · 2 citations
Computer Science · #Acoustics #Art #Art history #Cartography #Computer science #Geography #Music Technology and Sound Studies #Physics #Scale (ratio) #Sirius #Sound (geography) #Visual arts
paper · doi:10.1017/s0040298211000015
openalex publication_date 2011/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Karlheinz Stockhausen embraced the potential of electronic music to generate new timbres and acoustic typologies early in his career. After first experimenting with magnetic tape in works such as Gesang der Jünglinge (1955) and Kontakte (1958–60), he later embraced other synthesis technologies for the production of large-scale spatial electro-acoustic works such as Sirius (1970) and Oktophonie (1990–91). His interest in technological advances in sound design and sound diffusion also managed to penetrate his highly evolved Klavierstücke .