Gruppen

E531879

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gruppen canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
orchestral composition ⓘ
approximateDurationMinutes 20 ⓘ
catalogue Stockhausen-Verlag ⓘ
commissionedBy Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) ⓘ
composer Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
composerOf Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
dedicatedTo WDR ⓘ
firstPublisher Universal Edition ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
premiereConductor Bruno Maderna ⓘ
Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
Pierre Boulez ⓘ
premiereCountry West Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1958-10-24 ⓘ
premierePerformingEnsemble WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne ⓘ
premierePlace Cologne ⓘ
premiereVenue Kölner Messehalle ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
requires large orchestra ⓘ
three conductors ⓘ
structure 174 groups of notes ⓘ
style post-war avant-garde ⓘ
serialism ⓘ
title Gruppen ⓘ
usesTechnique formula-based serial structures ⓘ
group composition technique ⓘ
polytempo ⓘ
spatialization of sound ⓘ
total serialism ⓘ
workNumber Nr. 6 ⓘ
yearCompleted 1957 ⓘ
yearComposed 1955 ⓘ
1956 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gruppen → title → Gruppen ⓘ