Music archive entry



Composer:
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Title:
Japan
Instrumentation:
Flexible
Duration:
Variable
Difficulty:
Moderate
Technical Issues:
The piece consists of two lines of slow moving music with some elaborate rhythms, from which the players construct a performance.
Programme note:
The piece relates to a haiku:

Upwards-rain
in drops and threads
and a melody

It was written in 1970, the year when Stockhausen's compositions were the focus the Expo '70 world fair in Osaka, Japan. His pieces were performed for over one hundred eighty days during the year.

Availability:
Unkown



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