Mikrophonie is the title given by Karlheinz Stockhausen to two of his compositions, written in 1964 and 1965, in which “normally inaudible vibrations . . . are made audible by an active process of sound detection (comparable to the auscultation of a body by a physician); the microphone is used actively as a musical instrument, in contrast to its former passive function of reproducing sounds as faithfully as possible” (Stockhausen 1971a, 57).
Date of composition | 1964 |
Premiered | 1964, December 9th in Brussels, Belgium |
Dedicated to | The score is dedicated to the composer's godson, Alexander (Xandi) Schlee. |
Catalogue | Nr. 15 |
Instruments |
2x
Gong / Tam-Tam
2x Other - Microphones 2x Other - Filters; with potentiometers ; 4x Other - Loudspeakers; One pair ; |
Autotranslations beta |
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I, Nr. 15 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I, Nr. 15 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie I, Nr. 15 |