Ah, the generation gap. This quote shows why his students (like Holger
Czukay) had more influence than the teacher, because they had a sense of
ambience and minimalism. Stockhausen has too much book learning (in the
McLuhan sense).
CT
Karlheinz Stockhausen:
quoted 14 lines I wish those musicians would not allow themselves any repetitions, and would>I wish those musicians would not allow themselves any repetitions, and would
>go faster in developing their ideas or their findings, because I don't
>appreciate at all this permanent repetitive language. It is like someone who
>is stuttering all the time, and can't get words out of his mouth. I think
>musicians should have very concise figures and not rely on this fashionable
>psychology. I don't like psychology whatsoever: using music like a drug is
>stupid. One shouldn't do that : music is the product of the highest human
>intelligence, and of the best senses, the listening senses and of
>imagination and intuition. And as soon as it becomes just a means for
>ambiance, as we say, environment, or for being used for certain purposes,
>then music becomes a whore, and one should not allow that really; one should
>not serve any existing demands or in particular not commercial values. That
>would be terrible: that is selling out the music."
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