Inori

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Inori is a large-scale 1974–1977 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen that combines orchestra and a soloist performing stylized ritual gestures, exploring the fusion of music and prayer.

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instanceOf concert work ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
centralConcept fusion of music and prayer ⓘ
ritualization of musical performance ⓘ
composer Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
compositionPeriod Stockhausen’s late 20th-century experimental phase ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dateOfCompositionEnd 1977 ⓘ
dateOfCompositionStart 1974 ⓘ
duration approximately 70 minutes ⓘ
explores relationship between sound and gesture ⓘ
spiritual aspects of musical performance ⓘ
genre avant-garde music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
hasRecording commercial recordings supervised by Karlheinz Stockhausen ⓘ
influencedBy prayer practices ⓘ
religious ritual ⓘ
languageOfTitle Japanese ⓘ
movementStructure single continuous movement ⓘ
notableFeature detailed codified system of gestures ⓘ
integration of visual ritual with orchestral sound ⓘ
soloist does not produce sound but shapes the music through gestures ⓘ
partOfSeries Stockhausen’s formula-based works ⓘ
premiereDate 1974 ⓘ
publisher Stockhausen-Verlag ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
soloist ⓘ
soloistRole performing stylized ritual gestures ⓘ
soloistType mimed soloist ⓘ
titleMeaning prayer ⓘ
usesTechnique formula composition ⓘ
workNumber Nr. 38 ⓘ

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