Reading assignment #1
For the second week of seminar, please read the following essays. You may also wish to research concepts of musique concrete, computer music, and electronishe musik as it was understood on the early 1950's.
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Gesang der Jünglinge, History and Analysis (PDF)
Musique concrete and Pierre Schaffer's Etude aux Chemins de Fer (Railroad study)