Stockhausen Australian Tour 1970

Karlheinz Stockhausen in Australia 1970 Melbourne’s music critics are “part of a unique race which should be preserved,” electronic-music composer Karlheinz Stockhausen said today. “General human progress threatens them with extinction, so I think something should be done to save them,” he said. “Printed stupidity is becoming more and more rare, and is confined to small pockets like Melbourne, Central Africa and inland Russia. The criticism of my music at Wilson Hall last night and similar articles by those critics will be prized as jewels by some future musicologist.” April 1970.[1] Critics Out! – says electronics composer. Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), author of the above acerbic comments, was a controversial, yet innovative, German composer who briefly toured Australia during April 1970 in between participating in the international Expo 70 fair which was held that year in Osaka, Japan. Stockhausen took a break from his performance and presentation duties to fit in...