List of compositions by Mauricio Kagel

This is a list of compositions by Mauricio Kagel. Sources:

Chronological 1950 Palimpsestos for mixed choir a capella

1952 Two Pieces for Orchestra Variations for mixed quartet (fl, cl, vln, vc)

1953 Sextet (fl, cl, bcl, vln, vIa, vc); revised 1957 as String Sextet (2 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc)

1954 Música para la torre ('Music for the Tower'); in four parts: 1) For Orchestra [the Two Pieces from 1952], 2) Study for Percussion, 3) Ostinato for Chamber Ensemble, 4) ensayo de musica concreta (Essay in musique concrète) Muertos de Buenos Aires, music for the film of the same title by Alejandro Sanderman Cinco cantos de Génesis for voice and piano Four Pieces for piano

1955 Drei Klangstudien ('Three Studies in Sound') Ocho motetes apócrifos for mixed choir

1956 De ruina mundis: Cantata for voice and instruments Aforismos de Apollinaire for clarinet and piano Prelude No. 1 for bandoneon Cuatro piezas breves for strings Elegía para clarinete solo for clarinet solo

1958 Anagrama for vocal soloists, speaking choir and chamber ensemble

1959 Transición II for piano, percussion and two tape recorders

1960 Transición I for electronic sounds Sur scène: Chamber music theatre piece Sonant (1960/...) for guitar, double bass, harp, and skin instruments Pandorasbox (Bandoneonpiece) for bandoneon Journal de théâtre: Collection of situations for instruments, actors and props; later to comprise 'Pas de cinq' (1965), 'Camera oscura' (1965), 'Die Himmelsmechanik' (1965), 'Variaktionen' (1967) and 'Kommentar und Extempore' (1967) Le Bruit: Invection pour toute sorte de sources sonores et expressions injurieuses (unpublished, unperformed)

1961 Mimetics (Metapiece) for piano; a) for solo piano, b) interrupted by other compositions, c) as Metapiece (Mimetics), simultaneous with other compositions by Kagel or other composers Heterophonie for orchestra

1962 Improvisation ajoutée for organ; rev. 1968 Antithese; a) Music for electronic and public sounds; b) Play for one actor with electronic and public sounds

1964 Phonophonie: Four melodramas for two voices and other sound sources; rev. 1965; radiophonic version 1965 Die Frauen ('The Women'): Theatrical piece for ladies for voices and instruments (unpublished, unperformed) Prima vista for slide pictures and indeterminate number of sound sources Diaphonie Nos 1-3 for choir and/or orchestra and slide projectors Match for three players Composition und Decomposition: A reading piece

1965 Tremens; a) Scenic montage of a test for two actors, electric instruments, percussion, tapes and slide projection; b) Variaktionen über Tremens: Scenic montage of a test for two actors, tapes and slide projection; c) Musik aus Tremens [instrumental version with tapes ad lib] 'Pas de cinq': Walking scene for five actors; part of Journal de théâtre (1960) 'Die Himmelsmechanik' ('The Mechanism of the Sky'): Composition with stage décors; part of Journal de théâtre (1960) 'Camera oscura': Chromatic play for light sources and actors; part of Journal de théâtre (1960) Mirum for tuba

1966 Music for renaissance instruments for 23 players; alt. Chamber Music for Renaissance Instruments for 2-22 players

1967 String Quartet I/II 'Kommentar und Extempore' ('Commentary and Extempore'): Monologues with gestures; part of Journal de théâtre (1960) 'Variaktionen' ('Vari-actions') for singers and actors; part of Journal de théâtre (1960) Fantasy for organ with obbligati Montage for various sound sources [combination of several of Kagel's instrumental compositions]; Montage à titre de spectacle [version with theatrical works]

1968 Hallelujah for voices Der Schall ('Sound') for five players Privat for lonely listener Ornithologica multiplicata for exotic and indigenous birds

1969 Synchronstudie ('Study in Synchronicity') for singer, Foley artists and film projection Unter Strom ('Under Current') for three players (Hörspiel) Ein Aufnahmezustand (1. Dosis) ('(Radio Play) A State of Recording (first dose)')

1970 Ludwig van: Homage by Beethoven Acustica: Music for experimental sound producers, loudspeakers and two to five players Klangwehr ('Sound Defence') for marching music corps Tactil for three Atem ('Breath') for one wind player Staatstheater: Scenic composition; constituents: 'Répertoire': Theatrical concert piece 'Einspielungen' ('Recordings'): Music for loudspeakers 'Ensemble' for 16 voices 'Debüt' for 60 voices 'Saison' ('Season'): Singspiel in 65 scenes 'Spielplan' ('Programme'): Instrumental music in action 'Kontra → Danse': Ballet for non-dancers 'Freifahrt' ('Free Ride'): Gliding chamber music 'Parkett' ('Stalls'): Concert mass scenes

1971 (Hörspiel) Ein Aufnahmezustand (2. und 3. Dosis) Probe ('Rehearsal') for an improvised collective; radiophonic version 1972 Morceau de concours for one or two trumpeters; rev. 1992 Guten Morgen! ('Good morning!'): radio play consisting of advertisements

1972 Programm: conversations with chamber music; sections: 'Abend' ('Evening') for vocal double quartet, trombone quintet, electric organ and piano 'Aus Zungen Stimmen' ('From Tongues Voices') for accordion quintet 'Charakterstück' ('Character Piece') for zither quartet 'Gegenstimmen' ('Countervoices') for mixed choir and obligatory harpsichord 'General Baß for continuing instrumental sounds 'Die Mutation' ('The Mutation') for men's (and/or boys') voices and obligatory piano 'Musi' for plucking orchestra 'Recitativarie' for singing harpsichordist 'Siegfriedp' for violoncello 'Unguis incarnatus est' for piano and...[bass instrument] 'Vom Hörensagen' ('Hearsay') for women's (and/or girls') choir and obligatory harmonium Exotica for extra-European instruments Con Voce for three mute players Variationen ohne Fuge ('Variations without Fugue') for large orchestra on Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel for piano Op. 24 by Johannes Brahms (1861/62)

1973 1898 for children's voices and instruments; rev. 1996 Zwei-Mann-Orchester ('Two-Man-Orchestra') for two one-man-orchestras

1975 Soundtrack: A filmic radio play Mare nostrum: Discovery, pacification and conversion of the Mediterranean region by a tribe from Amazonia [music theatre] Kantrimiusik: Pastoral for voices and instruments

1976 Bestiarium: Acoustic fables on two stages Zählen und Erzählen ('Counting and Recounting') for non-grownups [music theatre by children] Die Umkehrung Amerikas ('The Reversal of America'): Epic radio play MM 51: A piece of film music for piano

1977 An Tasten ('On Keys'): Piano etude Quatre degrés ('Four Stages'); sections: 'Dressur' ('Dressage'): Percussion trio for wooden instruments 'Présentation' for two 'Déménagement' ('Removal'): Silent play for stage workers 'Variété': Concert show for artistes and musicians

1978 Tango Alemán for voice, violin, bandoneon, and piano Ex-Position; constituents: 'Die Rhythmusmaschinen' ('The Rhythm Machines'): Action for gymnasts, drum machines, and percussionists 'Chorbuch' ('Choir Book') for vocal ensemble and keyboard instruments 'Zehn Marsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen' ('Ten Marches to Miss the Victory') for winds and percussion; from Der Tribun (1979) Die Erschöpfung der Welt: Theatrical illusion in one act

1979 Blue's Blue: An ethnomusicological reconstruction for four players Klangwölfe ('Sound Wolves') for violin and piano Der Tribun ('The Tribune'): Radio play for a political orator, marching sounds and loudspeakers Vox Humana? Cantata for solo loudspeaker, women's voices and orchestra Aus Deutschland: lieder opera

1981 Mitternachtsstük for voices and instruments on fragments from the diaries of Robert Schumann (1828); fourth movement added in 1986 Finale with chamber ensemble

1982 Rrrrrrr... a) A radio fantasy (with 41 pieces): 11 pieces for winds, double basses and percussion: 'Raccontando', 'Rauschpfeifen', 'Rejdovák', 'Register', 'Réjouissance', 'Reprisen', 'Reveille/Retraite', 'Rhapsodie', 'Rheinländer', 'Ritornell l ', 'Ritornell 2' Seven pieces for mixed choir (piano ad lib): 'Rrrrrrr...', 'Requiem', 'Resurrexit dominus', 'Rêverie', 'Rex tremendae', 'Romance', 'Ring Shouts' Eight pieces for organ: 'Râga', 'Rauschpfeifen', 'Repercussa', 'Ragtime-Waltz', 'Rondeña', 'Ripieno', 'Rosalie', 'Rossignols enrhumés Six pieces for two percussionists: 'Railroad Drama', 'Ranz des vaches', 'Rigaudon', 'Rim Shots & Co.', 'Ruf', 'Rutscher' Four pieces for solo voice with piano accompaniment: 'Railroad Song', 'Rappresentatione sacra', 'Revolution Speech', 'Rural Blue' Five pieces for jazz ensemble: 'Rackett', 'Rrrrrrre-bop', 'Reeds', 'Rhythm-Bone & Brush', 'Riff' b) Radio play on 'A radio fantasy' for one speaker (1982) Fürst Igor, Strawinsky ('Prince Igor, Stravinsky') for bass voice and instruments Fragen: Hörspot ('Questions: Listening Slot') Szenario for strings and tape

1983 Intermezzo for voices and chamber ensemble La trahison orale ('Oral treason'): A musical epic on the devil; radiophonic version 1987 Two Ballads by Guillaume de Machaut; instrumental realization by Mauricio Kagel

1984 Der Eid des Hippokrates ('Hippocrates' Oath') for piano three-hands ...nach einer Lektüre von Orwell ('...upon Reading Orwell'): Radio play in Germanic meta-language

1985 Pan for piccolo and string quartet Saint Bach's Passion for solo voices, choirs and large orchestra Cäcilia: Ausgeplündert, ein Besuch bei der Heiligen ('Cecilia: looted, Visit at the Saint'); Radio play Trio in Three Movements for violin, violoncello and piano Mio caro Luciano: Tape collage

1986 Aus dem Nachlaß ('From the Estate'): Pieces for viola, violoncello, and double bass Ein Brief ('A Letter'): Concert scene for mezzo and orchestra Old/New: Study for solo trumpet

1987 Ce-A-Ge-E for piano and harmonizer For Us: Happy Birthday to You!; a) for four violoncellos; b) arranged for picc (doubling alto fl), cl, vla, db, mandoline, gt, hp, perc (1990) Third String Quartet in four movements Tantz-Schul: Ballet d'action; also version as Suite for Orchestra

1988 Quodlibet for female voice and orchestra on French chanson lyrics from the fifteenth century

1989 Music for keyboard instruments and orchestra Phantasiestück; a) for flute and piano; b) for flute and piano with accompaniment 'Osten' ('East); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra 'Süden' ('South'); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra Fragende Ode ('Questioning Ode') for double choir, brass and percussion Zwei Akte; a) Grand Duo for saxophone and harp; b) for two actors, saxophone and harp Les idées fixes: Rondo for orchestra

1990 Liturgien for solo voices, double choir, and large orchestra 'Nordosten' ('North-east); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra Opus 1991: Concert piece for orchestra

1991 "...den 24. xii. 1931": Garbled news for baritone and instruments 'Nordwesten' ('North-west'); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra 'Südosten' ('South-east); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra

1992 Konzertstück for tympani and orchestra Étude No. 1 for large orchestra

1993 Passé composé: KlavieRhapsodie ('piano rhapsody') Episoden, Figuren: Solo for accordion Fanfanfaren for four trumpets Melodien for carillon Fourth string quartet in three movements 'Südwesten' ('South-west'); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra

1994 Nah und Fern ('Near and Far'): Acoustic listening piece for bells and trumpets with background 'Westen' ('West'); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra 'Norden' ('North'); from Die Stücke der Windrose for salon orchestra Interview avec D. pour Monsieur Croche et orchestre; texts by Claude Debussy

1995 Serenade for three players Schattenklänge ('Shadow Sounds'): Three pieces for bass clarinet L'art bruit: Solo for two À deux mains: Impromptu for piano

1996 Études Nos 2–3 for large orchestra Orchestrion-Straat for chamber ensemble