He was recipient of the gaudeamus international composers award in 1959. Receiving the major composition prize upon his graduation, andriessen subsequently studied two years with luciano berio in milan 196263 and berlin. Early andriessen works are serial, but by 1963 he was. The hoketus is a stylistic device of the ars nova 14th century, machaut and others. For much of his career, the internationally known and still active dutch composer louis andriessen has been understood as an iconoclast who challenged and resisted the musical establishment. The two works under comparison, strung out 1976 by phillip glass and hoketus 1992 by louis andriessen, differ radically in their syntactical organization that to categorize both under the common rubric of minimalism seems highly reductive. The aim of dutch composer louis andriessen s ensemble piece is to sweep away old limitations. His composition teacher kees van baaren was a staunch supporter of the tone revolution that had swept europe and under his direction andriessen produced some of the first serial music ever. The music of louis andriessen for much of his career, the internationally known and still active dutch composer louis andriessen has been understood as an iconoclast who challenged and resisted the musical establishment.
Publishing house of contemporary classical music donemus. Hoketus is a minimal composition by louis andriessen that premiered in 1976. This book explores his compositions as a case study for exploring the social and aesthetic implications of new music. Andriessen, louis hoketus free download as pdf file.
Jo tevas hendrik andriessen bei brolis jurriaan andriessen taip pat zymus olandu kompozitoriai. The ensemble hoketus consists of two identical quintets. Composer louis andriessen was born in utrecht into a musical family headed by his father hendrik andriessen, one of the recognized pioneers of modern dutch music. Louis andriessen was born in utrecht on june 6, 1939. He is a lecturer at the royal conservatory of the hague.
Application to two minimalist works by phillip glass and louis andriessen. In the intervening years, andriessen has come to terms with the viability of the symphony orchestra as, for example, in his agamem. Neural net architectures in modeling compositional syntax. And most important, he knows how to weave the seed of an ancriessen into music almost seamlessly, which gives the work. In keeping with the objective of the series, this book examines louis andriessen s compositions. Hoketus 1976 1986 an oral history by bas andriessen youtube. The group was originally formed to perform louis andriessen s minimal composition hoketus, but remained together and began to perform music composed for the group by other composers many of whom came from within the groups ranks. Ensemble sheet music book by louis andriessen 1939. The son of a cathedral organist, louis andriessen has attracted controversy since he was a radical student composer. They gave rise to important musical technologies and repertoire. Louis andriessen began his musical studies with his father, and then studied in the hague with kees van baaren, and later in milan with luciano berio.
Louis andriessen hoketus pdf hoketus is a minimal composition by louis andriessen that premiered in the group that played during the premiere remained. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring. Listening to dutch composer louis andriessen s hoketus on my stereo could never convey. Hoketus was an influential ensemble for contemporary music in holland from 1976 1986. Hoketus is a minimal composition by louis andriessen that premiered in the group that played during the premiere remained together to perform other. Hoketus is the result of the minimal art project i started in january 1977 at the royal conservatory in the hague. Experience andriessens seminal opus hoketus 1976, scored for opposing rock based ensembles, plus the lightningfast virtuosity of hout, a pulsating canon. The meeting took place in new york in march 1986, and i remember expressing.
Hoketus was an amplified musical ensemble founded by dutch composer louis andriessen in. The group that played during the premiere remained together to perform other. Workers union is a composition by louis andriessen intended for any loud sounding group of instruments. Louis andriessen musical compositions classical music. Louis andriessen hoketus pdf hoketus is a minimal composition by louis andriessen that premiered in the group that played during the premiere remained together to perform other. Workers union symphonic movement for any loud sounding of instruments for variable ensemble. Louis andriessen is one of europes most eminent and influential composers music combines propulsive energy, economy of material and distinctive sonorities, often dominated by pungent wind and brass, pianos and electric guitars works show influence of stravinsky has explored, in relation to music, the subjects of politics, time, velocity, matter and mortality in five works for. Hoketus was an amplified musical ensemble founded by dutch composer louis andriessen in the netherlands in 1976. This projects purpose was to study the history of the american avantgarde movement both theoretically and practically, and i intended to finish the project by performing a composition that, making use of certain stylistic devices of minimal art, would at. Babelscores louis andriessen the scre anais nin is a monodrama for soprano the superb cristlna zavalloni and ensemble about the frenchcuban writer who had relationships with her father, the.
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