schnebel

Dieter Schnebel is considered one of the most important composers of his generation. Initially shaped by serial thinking, in the 1960s he advanced to the status of a luminary of European experimental music. With Maulwerke (1968-74) he created a groundbreaking work of modern vocal music, with Körper-Sprache (1980) the equivalent for modern music theater. He went on to elaborate his approach, which views gestures and body movements as compositional material that can be treated the same way as sound material, in the cycles Laut-Gesten-Laute (1981-85), Zeichen-Sprache (1986-90) and Schaustücke (1995-99), in which he links the compositions for body with voice and sets both into contrapuntal relationships.
SCHNEBEL
FLUXUS
works of the fluxus movement

maulwerker performing musicline
thematic programs:
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Compositions for voices and loudspeakersline
SHUT UP
Vocal concert at the physical extreme – Shouting Pieces line
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Compositions for articulating organs, gestures and thingsline
SITUATIONS
Art. Life. The Everyday. Music beyond the concert hallline
PRO CEDERE
Compositions as Process – Processual Compositionsline
TRANSLATIONS
Transformations, Transferences, Misunderstandings line
XXXOOOXXX
Counting Pieces & Number Pieces, pulsative and rotaryline
POEMS FOR FEET
Pieces for legs, feet, walking and jumping