In 1921 he and Carlos Salzedo founded the International Composers Guild, who gave the first performances of several of his works for small ensemble, these prominently featuring wind and percussion, and presenting the innovations of Am?riques in pure, compact form: Hyperprism (1923), Octandre (1923) and Int?grales (1925). Arcana (1927), which returns to the large orchestra and extended form with perfected technique, brought this most productive period to an end.

There followed a long stay in Paris (1928-33), during which he wrote Ionisation for percussion orchestra (1931), the first European work to dispense almost entirely with pitched sounds, which enter only in the coda. He also took an interest in the electronic instruments being developed (he had been calling for electronic means since his arrival in the USA), and wrote for two theremins or ondes martenot in Ecuatorial for bass, brass, keyboards and percussion (1934). The flute solo Density 21. 5 (1936) was then his last completed work for nearly two decades.

During this time he taught sporadically and also made plans for Espace, which was to have involved simultaneous radio broadcasts from around the globe; an Etude pour Espace for chorus, pianos and percussion was performed in 1947. Then, with electronic music at last a real possibility owing to the development of the tape recorder, he produced D?serts for wind, percussion and tape (1954) and a Po?me ?lectronique (1957-8), devised to be diffused in the Philips pavilion at the Brussels Exposition of 1958. His last years were devoted to projects on themes of night and death, including the unfinished Nocturnal for voices and chamber orchestra (1961). ]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2064&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss Musique Concrete Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700 Top Musique Concrete Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2064 art.2064 Karlheinz Stockhausen art.2064 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2064&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2064&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss Kontra-Punkte and Kreuzspiel. In 1953, the composer began working in West German Radio's Studio for Electronic Music, a tenure that lasted until 1998. Pieces from this period, the haunting Kontakte and his groundbreaking spatial composition, Gesang Der Junglinge, had immeasurable influence on the Avant-Garde, and are perhaps his most enduring concepts. By the late 1960s, Stockhausen's vision had exploded into the cosmos. His work became increasingly expansive as he struggled to find sonic material worthy of his extraordinary ambitions. Elaborate staging and choreography became an integral part of works such as Inori and Sirius, but these were a prelude to what became his masterpiece: the seven-part opera cycle entitled Licht. Composed between 1977 and 2004, it is enormous in its narrative scope, spanning history from the birth of the universe to the final stages of man's evolution; indeed, it is 29 hours long. Shortly after its completion, a new song cycle, Klang, based on the 24 hours of the day, began to take shape. He would only compose a fraction of the "days," however, before his death in December of 2007. In a letter written in early 2006 Stockhausen speculated on the direction of his new work. "It seems that each hour contains the spiral of the 24 hours of the day, and that the contents of the hours concern all of us. (It is recommended to ensure your entry to a heaven's door already now)." - Nate Baker]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24019&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss Musique Concrete Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:57 -0700 Top Musique Concrete Artists on Rhapsody Online art.24019 art.24019 Pierre Henry art.24019 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24019&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24019&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2489&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss Musique Concrete Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:43:41 -0700 Top Musique Concrete Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2489 art.2489 Luc Ferrari art.2489 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2489&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2489&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3414&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant-Garde Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:14:19 -0700 Top Musique Concrete Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3414 art.3414 Eliane Radigue art.3414 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3414&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3414&variant=data&rws=%2Fclassical%2F20th-21st-century%2Fmusique-concrete%2Fartist-chart.rss