Karlheinz Stockhausen
Hymnen (2LP)
Format2LPLabelDeutsche GrammophonGenreExperimental
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Two hours of national anthems from around the world, shredded, filtered, slowed down, mixed with shortwave noise, crowd sounds and voices from the Cologne studio: Hymnen (1966-67) is Karlheinz Stockhausen's attempt to make a music of the whole planet, and the most ambitious work ever produced in the WDR electronic studio. The four "regions" travel from the Internationale and the Marseillaise to a utopian realm called Hymunion, passing through moments of disarming beauty and others of real violence.
It is the moment when musique concrète and electronic music finally merge, and one of the founding works of what would later be called sampling. A later Deutsche Grammophon issue (2707 039) of the original 1969 set, with inner sleeves dated 1977.
Release notes
"Printed in West Germany" printed on back cover, bottom right corner. Made in Germany on labels. Also Stereo 33 under the side number Subtitled: für elektronische und konkrete Klänge . Anthems for electronic and concrete sounds. Hymnes pour sons electroniques et concretes. Inner sleves have 1977 dates This is a later version, with another catalog# (first released as 139 421/22) and no 'Gesellschaft' mention; center-labels with small tulips and straight borders.
| A | Region I | ||
| B | Region II | ||
| C1 | Region III | ||
| C2 | Region IV (Anfang) | ||
| D | Region IV (Fortsetzung) |
- Atelier Kaltenbach
- Artwork [Grafik Auf Der Taschenvorderseite]
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Composed By, Engineer, Liner Notes [German], Supervised By [Artistic Supervision], Artwork [Abbildung Auf Der Taschenrückseite]
- Gregory Biss
- Liner Notes [English Liner Notes Translated By]
- Rolf Gehlhaar
- Liner Notes [English Liner Notes Translated By]
- H. Pousseur
- Liner Notes [French Liner Notes Translated By]
- T. Pousseur
- Liner Notes [French Liner Notes Translated By]
- Maria Austria
- Photography By
