Studie I / Studie II / Gesang der Juenglinge

STUDIE I is an electronic music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen from the year 1953. Together with his Studie II, comprises his work no. 3. STUDIE II is an electronic music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen from the year 1954. The composition was provisionally titled Bewegungen (Motions), but the name was later changed to Studie II. The composition was created in the Studio for Electronic Music of the NWDR in Cologne between July and November 1953. The world premiere took place in Cologne on 19 October 1954 in the concert series Musik der Zeit, together with Stockhausen's Studie II and works by Henri Pousseur, Karel Goeyvaerts, Herbert Eimert, and Paul Gredinger. The work was made not with the use of (electronic) instruments, like the Trautonium or Melochord, but rather out of pure sine tones. GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE In the autumn of 1954, Stockhausen conceived the idea of composing a mass for electronic sounds and voices. Gesang der Jünglinge ("Song of the Youths") was realized in 1955–56 at the WDR studio in Cologne and is work no. 8 in the composer's catalog. The vocal parts were supplied by 12-year-old Josef Protschka.