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Mauricio Kagel
Mauricio Kagel

Mauricio Kagel (born Buenos Aires, December 24, 1931) is an Argentine composer who has lived in Cologne, Germany since 1957. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He is most famous for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one A performance, in Performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers behave in a particular way for another group of people

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Studies

Kagel studied music, history of literature, and philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish Universidad de Buenos Aires - ( UBA) is the largest University in Argentina, founded on August

Works

Many of his pieces give specific theatrical instructions to the performers, such as to adopt certain facial expressions while playing, to make their stage entrances in a particular way, to physically interact with other performers and so on. His work has often been compared to the Theatre of the Absurd. The Theatre of the Absurd ( French: Théâtre de l'Absurde) is a designation for particular plays written by a number of primarily European Playwrights

Staatstheater (1971) is probably the piece that most clearly shows his absurdist tendency. This work is described as a "ballet for non-dancers", though in many ways is more like an opera, and the devices it used as musical instruments include chamber pots and even enema equipment. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. An enema (plural enemata or enemas) is the procedure of introducing liquids into the Rectum and colon via the Anus. As the work progresses, the piece itself, and opera and ballet in general, becomes its own subject matter. Similar is the radio play Ein Aufnahmezustand (1969) which is about the incidents surrounding the recording of a radio play. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters

Kagel has also made films, with Ludwig van (1970) being one of the best known. In it, a reproduction of Beethoven's composing studio is seen, as part of a fictive visit of the Beethoven House in Bonn. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Everything in it is papered with sheet music of Beethoven's pieces. The soundtrack of the film is a piano playing the music as it appears in each shot. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Because the music has been wrapped around curves and edges, it is somewhat distorted, but recognisably Beethovenian motifs can still be heard. In other parts, the film contains parodies of radio or TV broadcasts connected with the "Beethoven Year 1770". Kagel later turned the film into a piece of sheet music itself which could be performed in a concert without the film - the score consists of close-ups of various areas of the studio, which are to be interpreted by the performing pianist. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra

Kagel has also written a large number of more conventional, "pure" pieces, including orchestral music, chamber music, and film scores. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Many of these also make references to music of the past.

Other pieces include Con Voce [with voice], where a masked trio silently mimes playing instruments.

Teaching

From 1960 he has taught at the International Summer School at Darmstadt. Initiated in 1946 by Wolfgang Steinecke, the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt ( Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music held annually

He has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1964 to 1965 as Slee Professor of music theory and at the Berlin Film and Television Academy as a visiting lecturer. State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly known as University at Buffalo (UB is a Coeducational public research University, which The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB German Film and Television Academy Berlin is a film school in Berlin, Germany. He has served as director of courses for new music in Gothenburg and Cologne. Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. He was professor for new music theatre at the Cologne Conservatory from 1974 to 1997. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln.

Among his students have been Maria de Alvear, Carola Bauckholt and Juan Maria Solare. Maria de Alvear (born 1960 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany. Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine Composer and Pianist.


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NAME Kagel, Mauricio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Argentine composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires, Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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