Gesang der Jünglinge
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Gesang der Jünglinge is a pioneering 1956 electroacoustic composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen that combines electronically generated sounds with a boy’s voice, often cited as a landmark in the history of electronic music.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electroacoustic composition
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electronic music composition ⓘ tape music work ⓘ |
| appliesPrinciple | total serialism ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 13 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Stockhausen work number 8 ⓘ |
| channelConfiguration |
five-channel tape
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originally conceived for five loudspeakers ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Westdeutscher Rundfunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| features |
boy’s voice
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impulse sounds ⓘ noise bands ⓘ sine tones ⓘ |
| firstBroadcaster | Westdeutscher Rundfunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
electroacoustic music
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musique concrète ⓘ serial music ⓘ |
| hasForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the first major works to combine voice and electronics on tape ⓘ |
| influenced |
acousmatic music
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development of electronic music ⓘ sound spatialization practices ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of multichannel projection
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integration of human voice and electronic sounds ⓘ landmark status in electronic music history ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century classical music repertoire ⓘ |
| period | post-war avant-garde ⓘ |
| placeOfProduction | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| producedAt | WDR Studio for Electronic Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Deutsche Grammophon
NERFINISHED
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Stockhausen-Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundSource |
electronic oscillators
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filtered noise ⓘ recorded boy soprano ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | praise of God by the three youths ⓘ |
| textSource |
Biblical story of the three youths in the furnace
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Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
electronic sound synthesis
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serial organization of parameters ⓘ spatialization of sound ⓘ tape manipulation ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1956 ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1955 ⓘ |
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