Gesang der Jünglinge
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.
