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MUSICAL CHILDHOOD (1975-1980)

Little Rondo for Piano Adaptation of Classical Music Style.

Adagio for Oboe and Piano Romantic melody style is taking over.

Adagio and Allegro for Flute and Piano Falling in love with impressionistic harmonies.

String Quartet No. 1 Arriving in modern counterpoint of the 20th century.

Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Synthesis of stylistic elements in a neo-classical manner.

DEPARTURE - TIME OF EXPERIMENTS (1981-1989)

Sonata for Piano First glimpses of new musical thinking. Musical figures become freed from metric gutters of periodical hierarchy.

Copyright First steps in new sound creation. Musical elements are the first time resolved in continuous metric relations. (Credits: Johannes Wahrig, Bassoon)

Duolog Advanced sound control - still limited by constraints of electronic instruments designed for the pop industry. (Credits: Johannes Wahrig, Bassoon)

Play Fair and Light Sharper differentiation of sound elements with potential toward new musical language pattern - supported by advanced electronic live instruments. µ

Take Five Takes (Example: Take II) Comprehensive capturing of new musical sounds provided by modern electroacoustic music studio.

CREATING A NEW GENERIC MUSICAL PLATFORM (1990-1999)

Piano Games (Example: "Harmony") First time usage of new musical language-based structure generator (designed by the author) that offers full control of musical rendering: Allows establishment of new structure families (used as musical basics till today).

Passage Extending compositional control over sound creation (here, still for industrial MIDI standard): Synthesis of Sound and Structure. µ

Music Minus One Extending compositional control over sound creation reaching universal sound generation level (CSOUND, used till today).

The Bell Drama Gaining full sound control: Using the new system for universal exploration of one single sound.

Portraits of a Woman (Sample: "Sirenes") Establishing pieces sharply distinguishing their characters: Preparation of the latter form types (see below) as general basis for composition (beginning "renaissance" of classical forms).

FOUNDING THE BASICS OF A NEW STYLE (2000-2009)

Electric Symphony (Sample: "Sonata") Distillation and establishment of 4 basic musical form types (based on classical forms sonata, song, variation and fugue). Winning back a floating musical style under the new style conditions but still relying on traditional metrics.

Noise Symphony (Sample: "Movement") First time establishment of musical streaming without having periodical patterns (fundamental achievement of the new style’s metrics).

Pitch Symphony (Sample: "General Electrics") Starting to establish guidelines for new continuous tonality system in accordance with new rhythmical metrics.

Clung Symphony (Sample: "SphinX") Intense integration of physical sound experiences.

Web Songs (Sample: "Sesame Open") Establishment of 4 structural layers based on anthropologic archetypes of expressions marks the founding of the "FleX" style and the "Freesound Music" project. Moving toward interactive scenarios of musical creation.

PROTOTYPICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR VARIOUS TARGET AUDIENCES (2010+)

Sound Space (Sample: "Nocturne") Sound Spaces stand for musical installations which are usually placed in public places literally as a part of the architecture or interior environment, unchangeable by the visitors. "Environmental Music" could also be part of an exhibition where the installation is being perceived without interaction.

Sound Image (Sample: "The Darkening") Sound Images are "Occasional Music" that can be seen as a kind of "non-listening" music experience. Music would be usually presented in the background where attention is put only occasionally. With Sound Images, a certain scenario of sounds remains static for a longer period of time. A listener could dive into it but also interrupt or leave it any time. He can keep it in the background like atmospheric wallpaper. He decides, however, how and for which occasion to use it, unlike "Environmental Music" that fills a place with music or sounds without any possibility of interaction by the listener (see "Sound Space").

Sound Track (Sample: "Earth Break") Sound Tracks are basically songs (without referring to "movie sound tracks"), which stand for the most popular and common understanding of music, usually backed by a strong rhythmical fundament and often used as "Dance Music". We suggest calling it "tracks" rather than "songs" since this allows also including pieces of pure sound assemblies like Techno styles. Short in duration, concise and straight in its message, fast to consume, easy to enjoy, entertaining, and intended for full listening attention, even so it is often used in the background as well.

Sound Trip (Sample: "Talking Violin") With Sound Trips a listener enters intentionally deeply an uninterrupted musical listening experience. Ongoing long-lasting pattern, usually presented with a high intensity is suitable to completely embrace him. Many kinds of "Trance Music" can be determined by its underlying romantic character being it music by Wagner, Tangerine Dream, Jazz Jam sessions, Trance techno style, etc. Often, this kind of music is presented in live sessions in direct interaction with the audience.

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