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Allora And Calzadilla
Stop, Repair, Prepare - Variations On "Ode To Joy" For A Prepared Piano
Editor: JulienneLorz
Buchhandlung Walther Konig (Germany), 2008
Hardback, 80 pages
Size: 265x215 mm
ISBN: 9783865604743
ISBN-10: 3865604749
List price: £33.50
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Allora And Calzadilla
Stop Repair Prepare Variations on Ode to Joy for a Prepared Piano. In the former honorary hall of Haus der Kunst, Allora Calzadilla present a work that addresses the history of this space - the venue of Hitlers notorious speeches on cultural policies. At the centre is the fourth movement of Beethovens Symphony No.9 The Choral. Apart from many other - ideologically contradictory - contexts, the Ode to Joy was held in high esteem by the Nazi regime and played on Hitlers birthday. Allora Calzadilla are interested in the inner contradictions of the composition and the use and misuse of music. A pianist stands in the middle of a

