36 Years Ago

36 Years Ago, Vienna 1971—A Student Journal

Day 312: Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann

Day 312 — Goodbye to Dieter Kaufmann
09-Jun-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)

It’s the last day of class for the electronic music class, and we say our goodbyes. What a great year it has been!
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Day 297: Electronic lecture and party

SUMMARY

Today ends with some (loud) electronic music by composer Iannis Xenakis in our electronic music lecture. Later, Camilla invites us to her house for a party. Party time.
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Day 291: Opera, electronic music, computer music

Day 291 — Opera, electronic music, computer music
19-May-1972 (Freitag–Fri.)

Today, I talk a bit about my growing interest in the emerging fields of computer music and electronic music, and some of my follow-up study and teachers in the genre. I add a couple of thoughts on operatic vs. orchestral climaxes, including Paul Pott and Puccini.
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Day 290: Ing. Gottwald to the rescue

Day 290 — Ing. Gottwald to the rescue
18-May-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)

Ing. Gottwald to the rescue to help me make a better copy of my
Fantasy on Broken Glass. I talk a bit about tape hiss and that musique concrète techniques naturally reduce the quality of sound.
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Day 229: Group improv

Day 229 — Group improv
18-March-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)

Kaufmann montage
An excellent day of group vocal improvisation in Prof. Kaufmann’s electronic music class. I talk a bit about group improvisations.
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