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 | 1965 |
Catalogue | Nr. 17 |
Approx. duration | 15 minutes |
Instruments |
12x
Voice
Electric Organ - Hammond organ or synthesizer ; 4x Other - Ring modulators Magnetic tape |
Autotranslations beta |
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie II, Nr. 17 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie II, Nr. 17 Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mikrophonie II, Nr. 17 |