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Lachenmann was born in Stuttgart. He studied piano with Jürgen Uhde and composition and theory with Johann Nepomuk David at the Stuttgarter Musikhochschule from 1955 to 1958 and was the first private student of Luigi Nono in Venice from 1958 to 1960. From Nono, he acquired the belief that music should aim to serve a message of social relevance. He also worked briefly at the electronic music studio at the University of Ghent in 1965, but thereafter focused almost exclusively on purely instrumental music.
His music has often been called musique concrète instrumentale, a term that the composer originated, which implies music that imitates electronic sounds through instrumental means. According to the composer, this is music “in which the sound events are chosen and organized so that the manner in which they are generated is at least as important as the resultant acoustic qualities themselves. Consequently those qualities, such as timbre, volume, etc., do not produce sounds for their own sake, but describe or denote the concrete situation: listening, you hear the conditions under which a sound- or noise-action is carried out, you hear what materials and energies are involved and what resistance is encountered”. His music is therefore primarily derived from the most basic of sounds, which through processes of amplification serve as the bases for extended works. His scores place enormous demands on performers, due to the plethora of techniques that he has invented for wind, brass and string instruments.
His music has often been called musique concrète instrumentale, a term that the composer originated, which implies music that imitates electronic sounds through instrumental means. According to the composer, this is music “in which the sound events are chosen and organized so that the manner in which they are generated is at least as important as the resultant acoustic qualities themselves. Consequently those qualities, such as timbre, volume, etc., do not produce sounds for their own sake, but describe or denote the concrete situation: listening, you hear the conditions under which a sound- or noise-action is carried out, you hear what materials and energies are involved and what resistance is encountered”. His music is therefore primarily derived from the most basic of sounds, which through processes of amplification serve as the bases for extended works. His scores place enormous demands on performers, due to the plethora of techniques that he has invented for wind, brass and string instruments.
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| FULL TRACK Das Mädchen Mit Den Schwefelhölzern | 1:02 | Free MP3 |
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mattimeus wrote:
yeah im into art. totally. something that sits there and does nothing. fuck i love art.[2]
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insomniacme wrote:
yeah im into art. totally. something that sits there and does nothing. fuck i love art.
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Killer_Artist wrote:
The usual suspects, I see.
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mahleria wrote:
Listening through computer speakers is not recommended.
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wkn wrote:
He is a genius but I find his music demands an excellent sound system to fully materialize.
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mattimeus wrote:
the string quartets are tight as hell
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progtrance7 wrote:
2deep4u
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insomniacme wrote:
didn't think much of him before. great string quartets on first listen thought
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faceofanother wrote:
falling very quickly in love with this man. guero is rad
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IAmKing wrote:
Fantastic composer. Pression is genius.
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ionas82 wrote:
Galopp is nice
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