Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945
by Paul Griffiths
Period: Late 20th Century
Born: Wednesday, July 20, 1949 in Wilhelmsdorf, Germany
As of November 2003 this composer is still living.
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Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
O MURO for soprano, two percussionists, tape
Dalí (música mágica para piano) for piano
Rosenkranz for voice
Winter, Blumen for clarinet
Krusten/Crusts for cello
Other Information:
Gerhard Stäbler is known for his collaborative, political, and conceptual works as well as for his traditionally notated scores; he has also been active internationally as an organizer of concerts and workshops. He has been composer-in-residence or given classes at Northwestern University, the Moscow State Conservatory, the Gaudeamus Foundation, the Sonorities Festival (Belfast), and the Internationale Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, among others.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Lampert, Vera; Kemp, Ian; and White, Eric Walter, The New Grove Modern Masters (The New Grove Series), W. W. Norton & Company, November 1997, ISBN: 0393315924
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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