Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger (English: Cycle for a Percussionist) is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, assigned Number 9 in the composer's catalog of works. It was composed in 1959 at the request of Wolfgang Steinecke (de) as a test piece for a percussion competition at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, where it was premièred on 25 August 1959 by Christoph Caskel (de). It quickly became the most frequently played solo percussion work, and “inspired a wave of writing for percussion” (Kurtz 1992, 96).
| Date of composition | 1959 |
| Premiered | 1959, August 25th in Darmstadt, Germany |
| Catalogue | Nr. 9 |
| Instruments |
Marimba
Vibraphone 4x Tom-Tom Drums - Snare Drum ; Güiro 2x Drums - African Log Drums ; 2x Cymbal Hi-hat / Charleston 4x Cow bell Bell - Suspended "bunch of bells" ; 2x Triangle - High pitched ; Gong / Tam-Tam Gong / Tam-Tam |
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