Gerhard Rühm
Blumenstück (2LP)
LabelGod RecordsGenreComposition
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Blumenstück for piano was composed in 1984 as a sound meditation for private use and it celebrates the beauty of the piano sound through tenderness and slowness. All the sounds of the work derived from a word list that lists 168 flower names. All the letters in these names were assigned to notes on the keyboard according to a fixed system. Each sound has to be played softly and as long as possible. After the attack, all sounds should fade away into silence...
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Three sided 12", blank fourth side. Blumenstück for piano was composed in 1984 as a sound meditation for private use and it celebrates the beauty of the piano sound through tenderness and slowness. All the sounds of the work derived from a word list that lists 168 flower names. All the letters in these names were assigned to notes on the keyboard according to a fixed system. Each sound has to be played softly and as long as possible. After the attack, all sounds should fade away into…
| A | 01 | 24:46 | |
| B | 02 | 24:42 | |
| C | 03 | 25:41 |
- Slobodan Kajkut
- Executive-Producer
- Pit Therre
- Piano
- Hubert Steins
- Recorded By, Edited By
