An Examination of Two Significant Percussion Compositions: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zyklus and Ingolf Dahl's Duettino Concertante, a Lecture Recital Together with Five Recitals of Selected Works of A. Ginastera, A. Wilder, W. Kraft, and Others
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56 choose the starting point of the performance and the direction (clockwise or counter clockwise) in which to read. This performance begins with the first time unit on page seven and is read in a clockwise direction. The performer also is to choose the duration of the time unit, which should stay consistent throughout the performance. In an 1985 interview Stockhausen stated that a good length for a performance would be approximately twelve minutes, and therefore, the time unit would be equal to MM = Stockhausen also recommended the use of sound reinforcement for performances of Zyklus. When he supervises a perfor- mance , four microphones are placed at the four corners of the set-up and speakers are placed in the four corners of the concert hall. Not only does this help the audience hear the sounds from the percussionist's encircled perspective, but it also enhances the resonance of sounds by connecting them more effectively in time. After much experimentation, the duration of the time unit chosen was two seconds because the most difficult passages required at least two seconds per time unit. If the time units were longer than two seconds, the performance might lose some of its effec- tiveness. • 12. Michael Udow, "An Interview with Karlheinz Stock- hausen," Percussive Notes XXIII/6 (September 19 , 18.
Carney, Michael R. (Michael Reed), 1952-.An Examination of Two Significant Percussion Compositions: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Zyklus and Ingolf Dahl's Duettino Concertante, a Lecture Recital Together with Five Recitals of Selected Works of A. Ginastera, A. Wilder, W. Kraft, and Others,
dissertation,
December 1987;
Denton, Texas.
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