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Composition by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] mentioned in "[[My Favorite Records]]", an FZ penned article in [[Hit Parader]] (1967).
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[[File:Gesang der Jünglinge.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The 1962 album cover.]]
  
It was the 1956 "plick-plop" piece "[[Gesang der Jünglinge]]" (a boy's voice construed and converted with a panoply of electronic sounds), that inspired [[Paul McCartney]] to utilize his Brennell tape recorders for less conventional purposes, as Stockhausen himself had done. McCartney, an advocate of all things melodious, had undergone a reformation of thought, no longer subscribing to the ingrained belief that rhythm, time signatures and even melody were essential. The cover art of [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]] depicts Stockhausen, top row, fifth person from left. [[The Beatles]] recycled his [[Hymnen]] ("Anthems") in the [[Revolution Number 9]] of [[The White Album]].  
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'''Gesang der Jünglinge''' is a 1956 composition by [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]].  
  
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The boy's voice heard on the recording, construed and converted with a panoply of electronic sounds, inspired [[Paul McCartney]] to utilize his Brennell tape recorders for less conventional purposes, as Stockhausen himself had done. McCartney, an advocate of all things melodious, had undergone a reformation of thought, no longer subscribing to the ingrained belief that rhythm, time signatures and even melody were essential.
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In 1962 Deutsche Grammophon released a version of ''Gesang der Jünglinge'', including Stockhausen's ''[[Kontakte]]''.
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==Zappa about the album==
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''"There's a record by Karlheinz Stockhausen on the Deutsche Gramophon label called "Gesang der Jünglinge", it's the "Song Of The Youths"; "Kontakte" ("Contact") is on the other side. Buy that (DGG 138811)."'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[My Favorite Records]]'', ''[[Hit Parader]]'', 1967.
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==External links==
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* [[Wikipedia:Gesang der Jünglinge]]
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* [https://www.discogs.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen-Gesang-Der-J%C3%BCnglinge-Kontakte/release/3514237 Discogs article.]
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[[Category:Favorite Compositions]]
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[[Category:Favorite Albums]]

Latest revision as of 06:04, 4 November 2020

The 1962 album cover.

Gesang der Jünglinge is a 1956 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

The boy's voice heard on the recording, construed and converted with a panoply of electronic sounds, inspired Paul McCartney to utilize his Brennell tape recorders for less conventional purposes, as Stockhausen himself had done. McCartney, an advocate of all things melodious, had undergone a reformation of thought, no longer subscribing to the ingrained belief that rhythm, time signatures and even melody were essential.

In 1962 Deutsche Grammophon released a version of Gesang der Jünglinge, including Stockhausen's Kontakte.

Zappa about the album

"There's a record by Karlheinz Stockhausen on the Deutsche Gramophon label called "Gesang der Jünglinge", it's the "Song Of The Youths"; "Kontakte" ("Contact") is on the other side. Buy that (DGG 138811)." - Frank Zappa, My Favorite Records, Hit Parader, 1967.

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