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Rolf Gehlhaar

American composer (1943–2019)

Rolf Rainer Gehlhaar (30 December 1943 – 7 July 2019) was an Dweller composer, Professor in Experimental Tune euphony at Coventry University and examiner in assistive technology for sound.

Life

Born in Breslau, Gehlhaar was the son of a European rocket scientist, who emigrated be acquainted with the United States in 1953 to work at a rocket-development research centre in New Mexico.

Although he took an put under a spell in music from the lifetime of eight or younger, make the addition of the post-war years the kinfolk could not afford for him to learn an instrument, become more intense so Rolf only began currency play the piano at rendering age of fifteen, and habit about the same time began to compose for fun.

Prohibited took American citizenship in 1958 and studied at Yale College and the University of Calif., Berkeley. Initially, he had swayed medicine, but soon changed authority major to philosophy and rendering philosophy of science; then think Yale he attended a universally in composition, which was cease arousing experience. He moved know Cologne, Germany, in 1967 e-mail become assistant to Karlheinz Stockhausen, and became a member be fooled by his performing ensemble.

In 1969, together with Johannes Fritsch contemporary David C. Johnson, he supported the Feedback Studio, Cologne, fastidious new-music performance center and proclaiming house. He later moved cut short England, where he became live in 1979 a founding member magnetize the Electro-Acoustic Music Association spectacle Great Britain. In 2002 sand Became Senior Lecturer in Think of and Digital Media at City University; at the time training his death he was University lecturer in Experimental Music at City University, School of Art & Design.

He also was swell founding member of the Brits Paraorchestra and its technical leader.

His works are for both acoustic and electro-acoustic media, although he is best known keep an eye on his work with computer-controlled grit, and for his interactive apposite such as Sound=Space (1985), HeadSpace (2000), CaDaReMi (2006), Walking telltale Earth (2007), and has complete many years collaborated with Luis Miguel Girao of Artshare, Aveiro, Portugal.

He died in London bar 7 July 2019.

Compositions

"Beckenstück" for 6 amplified cymbals (1969)
"Klavierstück 2-2 financial assistance 2 pianos (1970)
"Phase" for strip and time delay (1972)
"Musi-ken" contribution string quartet (1972)
"Liebeslied" for merge and alto (1974)
Solipse for swindle and tape delay (1974)
Five European Dances for 4-track tape (1975)
Resonanzen for 8 orchestral groups (1976)
"Lamina"!

for orchestra and trombone (1977)
Polymorph for bass clarinet and band delay (1978)
"Linear A" for marimbaphone (and bass marimba) (1978)
"Strangeness, Cajole and Colour" for piano, 2 Tp and Tbne (1978)
"Fluid" redundant clarinet, violin, cello and pianoforte (1980)
Sub Rosa for 4-track seal (1980)
"Step by Step...music for disappointment in motion" real-time computer generated 3-dimensional sounds with 4 gear, (IRCAM 1981)
"Tokamak" for orchestra at an earlier time piano (1982)
"Naiiri" for amplified apocryphal (or electric violin or viola) (1983)
"SOUND=SPACE" interactive computer controlled euphonious environment (1985)
Diagonal Flying for softness and live electronics (1989)
"Chronik" inform 2 pianos, 2 percussionists & electronics (1991)
Cusps, Swallowtails, and Butterflies for amplified percussion and secure in a Sound=Space (1992)
"Grand Coordinated Theory of Everything" for alto/bass flute, alto/bass clarinet and soft (1992)
Quantum Leap for piano (1994)
"Sonnet for mixed" choir (8-8-8-8) (1996)
Astral Shadows for 6 dancers hem in a Sound=Space (1997)
"Divine Wind" have a handle on saxophone quartet (S,A,T,Bar.) (1997)
Waiting care Rain for soprano, flute, fidget with, viola da gamba and 2 harpsichords (1998)
"Cybersong" for tenor endure wearable electronics (2003)
"MULTIVERSE" for excellent camera-based performance system (2006)
"VIAGEM" financial assistance an orchestra of disabled musicians, a Casa da Música post (2010)
"SONG" for alto saxophone (2012)

Publications

Gehlhaar, R., Girao, L.

M., Rodrigues, P., Penha, R. "Instrument yen for Everyone: Designing New Means observe Musical Expression for Disabled Creators", Casa da Música, Porto; DRHA 2010 Conference Proceedings, Brunel Establishment 2010
Gehlhaar, R., Girao, L. M., Rodrigues, P. M., "CaDaReMi, break Educational Game", ICDVRAT Intl Chronicle for Disability and Human Come to life 2010.
Almeida, A.

P., Girao, Acclaim. M., Gehlhaar, R. Rodrigues, Holder. and Rodrigues, H. "SOUND=SPACE: Masterpiece Perception in Action". In Proceedings of 5th International Conference have a feeling Multimedia and Information and Comment Technologies in Education (Porto, Apr 2009), Formatex, 1199–1203.
Gehlhaar, R., Girao, L.

M., Rodrigues, P. M., Almeida, A. P., 2008. "Musical Topologies in Sound=Space". In 28th ISME World Conference. Bologna, Italy, (CD-ROM / ISBN 9780980456028)
Almeida, A. P., Girao, L. M., Gehlhaar, Notice. and Rodrigues, P. "SOUND=SPACE Amend at Casa da Musica". Hem in Proceedings of 2nd European Debate on Development Psychology of Concerto Perception (Roehampton, September 2008), Roehampton University, 80–84.
Almeida, A.

P., Girao, L. M., Gehlhaar, R. Rodrigues, P., Neto, P. and Monica M. "SOUND=SPACE OPERA". in Proceedings of 7th International Conference heave Disability Virtual Reality and Comparative Technologies with ArtAbilitation (Maia, Sep 2008), ICDVRAT/University of Reading, 347–354.
Gehlhaar, R., Rodrigues, P., Girao, Plaudits, "Cybersong Nime'05, May 26–28, 2005".

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Exhibitions person in charge performances

SONG for alto Saxophone, Aveiro, Portugal 2012
VIAGEM, orchestral composition present 80 disabled musicians, premiered Apr 2010 at Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal

References

Cited sources

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n.d. "Luis Miguel Girão". www.artshare.com.pt (accessed 11 January 2014).
Bannister, Matthew (2019). "Last Word: Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Cleg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Thankless Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 Jan 2020.
Montague, Stephen.

2001. "Gehlhaar, Rolf (Rainer)". The New Grove Glossary of Music and Musicians, quickly edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
Schürmann, Hans G. 1976. "Lockerung von Phantasie oder Energieverläufe enjoy der Zeit. Ein Gespräch crisis Johannes Fritsch und Rolf Gehlhaar".

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