Sad news,
This is worth reading and it ties into recent discussions on this list. http://www.music.princeton.edu/~ckk/smmt/scientific.commentary.2.html Of course he will always be remembered as an avant garde composer, but much of Stockhausens greatness is missed by artists who saw him as a pseudo-scientist and scientists who dismissed him as an artist. He was both at different times. A lack of rigor and precise voclabulary hides his contribution to psychoacoustics, he basically provided experimental support to Gabors theories, yet he is not mentioned once in critcal textbooks like McAdams and Bigand. On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:45:35 +0000 "eric labelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for posting this Chris...it is quite a loss. > > 2007/12/10, Chris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi, > > > > I haven't seen anyone post on the list about this, so I thought I'd > > mention it. > > < > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/arts/music/08stockhausen-1.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Chris. > > > > ------------------- > > http://mccormick.cx > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > -- > Eric Labelle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________ > Disques Dubearth - www.dubearth.com > F_actorvisuals - www.f-actorvisuals.net > King Tubby's Heritage Dub Foundation > -- Use the source _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
