Sound composition

Under sound composition is understood in the narrow sense, the compositional design of the structure of sounds and Tongemischen with electronic means. In a broader sense, this also includes various forms of sound surface composition that work with conventional instruments. The best-known representatives of sound composition are Karlheinz Stockhausen , György Ligeti , Friedrich Cerha and Krzysztof Penderecki .

Sound compositions were initially closely related to serial music , from which they later broke away aleatorically or post-serial .

See also

• sound
• Sound art
• Timbre
• New music

literature

• Edwards, J. Michele: “North America since 1920”. In: Pendle, Karin (ed.): Women & Music: A History. Indiana University Press, 1991 (2nd ed. 2001). ISBN 0-253-21422-X .
• Erickson, Robert: Sound Structure in Music . University of California Press, 1975. ISBN 0-520-02376-5 .
• Composers Quartet: Nonesuch H-71280 , 1973.

Web links

• Sound compositions and systems theory . Article by Karlheinz Essl jun. in the Darmstadt Contributions to New Music, Mainz 1994