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Partch’s “Delusion of the Fury” progresses from eerie whispers to a colossal cathedral roar.Illustration by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo; Reference: Klaus Rudolph
Harry Partch, the rigorous wild man of American music, wrote, in 1935, “This isn’t Germany, and this isn’t the eighteenth century, and I’m trying to give myself, and others, a good basis for a new and great music of the people.” Partch was arguing, with his usual pugnacity, against the Germanic tradition and against American dependence on that tradition. His urge to break with the past led him, at the height of the Depression, to assume a hobo life, travelling the rails and notating hobo songs. He emerged with an incorrigibly radical musical language, at once intricate in method and rugged in manner. Partch wrote, “In the early days of presenting my music, the mere mention of the words Bach or Beethoven, twin gods of classical musicians, turned on a faucet of revolt in me.”
Partch, who died in 1974, might have been astonished to see that a German group—Musikfabrik, a virtuoso new-music ensemble based in Cologne—has lately become his chief international advocate. Two years ago, at the Ruhrtriennale festival, Musikfabrik revived Partch’s 1969 music-theatre piece “Delusion of the Fury,” in a staging by Heiner Goebbels. Th
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Interview: Heiner Propagandist, on stage strange worlds
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Cornell Chronicle
Wonge Bergmann
Composer and director Heiner Goebbels.
Renowned composer and theater director Heiner Goebbels will visit Cornell March 7-17 as an artist-in-residence with Cornell's Institute for German Cultural Studies. Goebbels will interact with students and faculty across campus who are involved with theater, film, music and literature.
Goebbels will give a public lecture, "Aesthetics of Absence: Questioning Basic Assumptions in Performing Arts," March 9 at 4:30 p.m. in the Schwartz Center's Film Forum, followed by a reception in the Schwartz Center lobby.
"Heiner Goebbels is especially good at thinking outside the box and encouraging his audiences to do the same," said Leslie Adelson, director of the Institute for German Cultural Studies. "If you think you know what musical composition, theatrical performances and literary writing mean, his works and reflections will make you think again and be very glad you did."
He will lead a seminar, March 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m., on changing concepts of theater, "Anything Which Is Not a Story Could Be a Play (G. Stein)." The seminar will deal with works by Gertrude Stein, Heiner Müller and Goebbels himself. It is intended for graduate students in German studies, music, comparative literature and theatre, film an