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(Volf-gang Reem) b. 1952 German composer Rihm studied with Stockhausen. He was influenced by a diverse range of composers, including Webern, Bartók, Mahler and Beethoven. His early music is strongly expressive, even Romantic (Symphony No. 3, 1976–77). From the 1980s a more distinctive and personal voice emerged as his music became more economical of means and ...

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b. 1952, German Initially a student of Stockhausen, Rihm, like several other German composers of the 1970s, moved away from the intellectual and structural forms of serialism in favour of a more expressive and flexible approach. Rihm was drawn to the work of Frenchman Antonin Artaud and his ‘Theatre of Cruelty’, which Artaud defines not as an ...

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Era | Opera Major Operas | L’heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel | Modern Era Major Operas | L’enfant et les sortileges by Maurice Ravel | Modern Era Personalities | Wolfgang Rihm | Modern Era | Opera ...

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Pulitzer Prize for Music for Double Sextet (2007). Recommended Recording: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny (Nonesuch/Warner) Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Wolfgang Rihm | Contemporary | Classical ...

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of both period and modern instruments (often playing on gut strings, which create a rich and mellow tone quality). He has given first performances of works by Adès, Rihm and, most notably, John Tavener, of whose work The Protecting Veil he gave the 1989 Proms premiere and later made a bestselling recording. Introduction | Contemporary | ...

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Though the 1950s tend to be viewed as Darmstadt’s heyday, the courses have continued to thrive (biennially from 1970) under such influential teachers as Brian Ferneyhough (b. 1943), Wolfgang Rihm and Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935). The Politics of the Cold War After World War II, it took the Soviet Union just a few years to consolidate its hold over ...

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storytelling gift is complemented by a musical talent that is as much at home with folk idioms from her native Scotland as with the many languages of contemporary music. Wolfgang Rihm The career of the German composer Rihm has followed a trajectory from narrative-based opera towards stage-works that emulate the ritual-based theatre proposed by the French playwright Antonin Artaud (1896–1948). Artaud’s ...