[PD] RIP Stockhausen

Hi, I haven't seen anyone post on the list about this, so I thought I'd mention it. Best, Chris. --- http://mccormick.cx ___ PD-list@i

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

Thanks for posting this Chris...it is quite a loss. 2007/12/10, Chris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > I haven't seen anyone post on the list about this, so I thought I'd > mention it. > < > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/arts/music/08stockhausen-1.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

Sad news, This is worth reading and it ties into recent discussions on this list. http://www.music.princeton.edu/~ckk/smmt/scientific.commentary.2.html Of course he will always be remembered as an avant garde composer, but much of Stockhausens greatness is missed by artists who saw him as a p

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

Andy Farnell wrote: > Of course he will always be remembered as an avant garde composer, > but much of Stockhausens greatness is missed by artists who saw him as > a pseudo-scientist and scientists who dismissed him as an artist. > He was both at different times. A lack of rigor and precise voclabu

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:41:32 +0100 Yvan Vander Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And of coruse we must not forget he came from sirius to explain us all > that :-) No way? A or B? I can't stand those wankers from Sirius B with their "our star's brighter than yours" crap. Or was he a sciento

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

Siriusly though... I seem to recall Newton was something of an occultist. Einstein and many other scientists share beliefs in supernatural entities. Does that really effect the value of their work? By all accounts Stockhausen was an arrogant man, which perhaps explains his clumbsy explanations

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

He'll be missed, but the music will live on: http://flickr.com/photos/cypod/2094889566/ On Dec 11, 2007 5:15 AM, Andy Farnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Siriusly though... > > I seem to recall Newton was something of an occultist. Einstein > and many other scientists share beliefs in superna

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Andy Farnell wrote: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:41:32 +0100 Yvan Vander Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And of coruse we must not forget he came from sirius to explain us all that :-) No way? A or B? I can't stand those wankers from Sirius B with their "our star's brighter th

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

and even on flickr he is hard to focus on - is that art or science? or is he simply between the layers of focus? neither nearfield nor infinitely distant. only time (or periods, or phases, or whatever term he would be using) will tell. tm On 11/12/2007, at 1:16 AM, beau wrote: > He'll be miss

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Andy Farnell wrote: Of course he will always be remembered as an avant garde composer, but much of Stockhausens greatness is missed by artists who saw him as a pseudo-scientist and scientists who dismissed him as an artist. He was both at different times. A lack of rigor a

Re: [PD] RIP Stockhausen

I remember hearing (from my engineering physics 2 prof) that Newton died a virgin and also was an alchemist. I also heard (from my calc prof) that Newton was deathly afraid of falling into the infinitesimal space between his foot and the inside of his shoe. And also that he liked to torture people