letter to Mr. Stockhausen

Submitted by Ynnatchkah (United States), Jul 1, 2008 at 13:45

So, Stockhausen is an acclaimed genius?

It is interesting b/c I do not see Ashkenazi, Auerbach, Mazur and others saying the same thing.

I remember in the 80s, in high school with Mr. Stockhausen "masterpiece" Gesang der Jünglinge, introduced to me by a Math teacher who knew nothing about erudite music, and asked me an opinion about this piece. B/C he found "patterns" in the music, the teacher felt in ecstasy and advised me to "open" my mind through your music Herr Stockhausen.

From that day on I decided to never, ever listen to anything - composed by you, again.

I also understood why two of my teachers were preaching over and over again that erudite music was dead. The last glimpse of its holiness and life was seen in Schoenberg.

To say that you may be compared to John Cage or Liggett is at best an ugly/ignorant taste- They were far superior to you.

Mr. Hans Joaquin Koellreutter was always far superior to you. You know that don't you?

His projection was diminished b/c as one of the few decent Germans in Nazi German, he ran away not to comply with your government bestiality, always endorsed by Muslims, of course.

I was wondering, how it would sound and would look like- if your family is burned to death or at best mutilated by an Islamo Nazi fascist. What kind of "aroma" in the air you would be delighted by, what kind of beautiful air color you would appreciate when seeing them burning, what kind of beautiful music would sound their scream in despair…I'm talking about the intonation, the rhythmic, the color of the sound, the timbre, the mix in "tempos", the asymmetry, something considered in your aesthetic as "cosmic": and very contemporary. I'm talking about the emotion of the moment- do you understand me- "composer"?

What about transcript that to a small chamber music group, transcript it later to the piano and then to a philharmonic context where we can double and triple several instruments?What about try to put it under the electronic aesthetic?

What about put it in a music festival as the most delightful composition of yours?

And, that you are not worried about your music after your death…do not be so sure. I do not see at all patterns for the inclusion of your music in the erudite environment for years to come. I mean, in the real great concert halls.People know naturally that music was brought by G-d, to serve G-d, not creatures. It will surely appear in intelectualoides environments, sponsored by Nazis Islamo fascist- students of "erudite" music in London, and Saudis.

I'm not amazed that being as deplorable as The Guardian " is, it dedicated a short space for your commentary about the WTC, whereas to grand yourself they dedicated an entire page. You both belong to the same kind.

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