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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Gesang der Jünglinge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electroacoustic composition ⓘ
electronic music composition ⓘ
tape music work ⓘ
appliesPrinciple total serialism ⓘ
approximateDuration 13 minutes ⓘ
catalogNumber Stockhausen work number 8 ⓘ
channelConfiguration five-channel tape ⓘ
originally conceived for five loudspeakers ⓘ
commissionedBy Westdeutscher Rundfunk ⓘ
composer Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
features boy’s voice ⓘ
impulse sounds ⓘ
noise bands ⓘ
sine tones ⓘ
firstBroadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk ⓘ
genre electroacoustic music ⓘ
musique concrète ⓘ
serial music ⓘ
hasForm through-composed ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first major works to combine voice and electronics on tape ⓘ
influenced acousmatic music ⓘ
development of electronic music ⓘ
sound spatialization practices ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableFor early use of multichannel projection ⓘ
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 ⓘ
premiereDate 1956 ⓘ
producedAt WDR Studio for Electronic Music ⓘ
recordLabel Deutsche Grammophon ⓘ
Stockhausen-Verlag ⓘ
soundSource electronic oscillators ⓘ
filtered noise ⓘ
recorded boy soprano ⓘ
subjectMatter praise of God by the three youths ⓘ
textSource Biblical story of the three youths in the furnace ⓘ
Book of Daniel ⓘ
usesTechnique electronic sound synthesis ⓘ
serial organization of parameters ⓘ
spatialization of sound ⓘ
tape manipulation ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 1956 ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1955 ⓘ

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Karlheinz Stockhausen → notableWork → Gesang der Jünglinge ⓘ
Kontakte → precededBy → Gesang der Jünglinge ⓘ