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Josef Anton Riedl
12+ albums
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Composer of works for electronics, multimedia, and self-constructed instruments. Riedl was drawn to music from a young age, performing improvised works for piano and organ while still in gymnasium. His early life in Germany was complicated by his mother's Jewish heritage; nonetheless he was drafted very late into the Second World War, around 1944, only to be taken prisoner by Allied forces and held in a POW camp in France until 1947. Riedl was inspired by Edgard Varèse's Ionisation toward composing solely for percussion, in which he was encouraged by Carl Orff, but this tack was derailed by his discovery of Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrète in 1951. Riedl worked with that composer's Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris, 1953-55, followed by stints at various electronic music studios, including at the Siemens Studio (also founded by Orff) from 1960-66. In Munich he directed the series "Neue Musik", overseeing premiers of pieces by Dieter Schnebel, Mauricio Kagel, and others. Typical of Riedl's works are Paper Music (1970) and Glas-Spiel (1977, for an array of glass tubes), in which each improvised performance is guided by a played back recording of a previous improvisation. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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An anthology of noise and electronic music vol. 5 - fifth a-chronology 1920-2007
Josef Anton Riedl
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007
Riedl: Vielleicht - Perhaps - Peut-etre
An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 (Disc 2)
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Siemens-Studio fur elektronische Musik
Klangregionen 1951-2007
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An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music / Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 [Disc 2]
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An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music-Fifth A-Chronology 1920-2007 (Disc 2)
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Siemens-Studio für electronische Musik
Sannicandro, V.: Epistolae Iii / Mundry, I.: Komposition for Flute and Percussion / Schlunz, A.: La Faulx De L'Ete
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Electronic Music - Experimental Studios In Prague, Bratislava, Munich, University Of Illinois, Warsaw, Paris