Gruppen

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Gruppen is a groundbreaking orchestral composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, renowned for its complex spatialization of three separate orchestras and its innovative use of serial techniques.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
orchestral composition
approximateDurationMinutes 20
catalogue Stockhausen-Verlag NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) NERFINISHED
composer Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED
composerOf Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo WDR NERFINISHED
firstPublisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
genre contemporary classical music
orchestral music
hasRecording Boulez / Cleveland Orchestra recording
Stockhausen conducts Gruppen
influenced late 20th-century orchestral writing
spatial orchestral composition
languageOfTitle German
movementCount 1
notableFor complex spatial distribution of three orchestras
independent but coordinated tempi
innovative use of serial techniques
numberOfOrchestras 3
orchestration three spatially separated orchestras
periodOfCompositionEnd 1957
periodOfCompositionStart 1955
placeOfComposition Cologne NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
premiereConductor Bruno Maderna NERFINISHED
Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED
Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED
premiereCountry West Germany NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1958-10-24
premierePerformingEnsemble WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne NERFINISHED
premierePlace Cologne NERFINISHED
premiereVenue Kölner Messehalle NERFINISHED
publisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
requires large orchestra
three conductors
structure 174 groups of notes
style post-war avant-garde
serialism
title Gruppen NERFINISHED
usesTechnique formula-based serial structures
group composition technique
polytempo
spatialization of sound
total serialism
workNumber Nr. 6
yearCompleted 1957
yearComposed 1955
1956

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