"Mikrophonie 1" is a piece for tam-tam, 2 microphones and 2 electronic filters and controlers, created by Stockhausen in 1964. In this live piece, "the microphone is used actively as a musical instrument, in contrast to its former passive function of reproducing sounds as faithfully as possible" (K.S. 1971): just to reveal "inaudible vibrations", by an active process of sound detection.
"Mikrophonie 1" est une œuvre pour tam-tam, deux microphones ainsi que deux filtres et contrôleurs électroniques, créée par Stockhausen en 1964. Dans cette pièce pour concert, "le microphone est utilisé activement comme un instrument de musique, contrairement à sa fonction passive antérieure consistant à reproduire les sons aussi fidèlement que possible" (K.S. 1971) : il s'agit de révéler des "vibrations inaudibles" grâce à un processus actif de captation sonore.
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Stockhausen decided to categorize the sounds according to their perceived qualities: groaning, trumpeting, whirring, hooting, roaring, grating, chattering, wailing, sawing, ringing, choking, cawing, clacking, snorting, chirping, hissing, grunting, crunching, clinking, tromboning, scraping ...
(c.a.d. en français : gémir, claironner, vrombir, huer, rugir, griller, bavarder, se lamenter, scier, sonner, suffoquer, croasser, claquer, renifler, gazouiller, siffler, grogner, croquer, cliqueter, tromboner, gratter... )
"Mikrophonie 1", a pure piece of jewel : enjoy!
"I searched for ways to compose — flexibly — also the process of microphone recording. The microphone . . . would have to become a musical instrument and, on the other hand, through its manipulation, influence all the characteristics of the sounds. In other words, it would have to participate in forming the pitches — according to composed indications — harmonically and melodically, as well as the rhythm, dynamic level, timbre and spatial projection of the sounds." (K.S. 1971)
Stockhausen decided to categorize the sounds according to their perceived qualities: groaning, trumpeting, whirring, hooting, roaring, grating, chattering, wailing, sawing, ringing, choking, cawing, clacking, snorting, chirping, hissing, grunting, crunching, clinking, tromboning, scraping ...
(c.a.d. en français : gémir, claironner, vrombir, huer, rugir, griller, bavarder, se lamenter, scier, sonner, suffoquer, croasser, claquer, renifler, gazouiller, siffler, grogner, croquer, cliqueter, tromboner, gratter... )
"Mikrophonie 1", a pure piece of jewel : enjoy!
"I searched for ways to compose — flexibly — also the process of microphone recording. The microphone . . . would have to become a musical instrument and, on the other hand, through its manipulation, influence all the characteristics of the sounds. In other words, it would have to participate in forming the pitches — according to composed indications — harmonically and melodically, as well as the rhythm, dynamic level, timbre and spatial projection of the sounds." (K.S. 1971)
"J'ai cherché des moyens de composer — de manière flexible — le processus même de la prise de son au microphone. Le microphone... devait devenir un instrument de musique et, par sa manipulation, influencer toutes les caractéristiques des sons. En d'autres termes, il devait participer à la formation des hauteurs — selon des indications compositionnelles — tant sur le plan harmonique que mélodique, ainsi qu'à celle du rythme, de la dynamique, du timbre et de la projection spatiale des sons." (K.S. 1971)
& a personal tribute to K.S. <<<here>>>
this post was originaly published in 2013
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