Karlheinz Stockhausen Trans (2, 2)

Trans, for orchestra tape (1971) RundfunkSinfonieorchester Saarbrücken Hans Zender Trans is a composition for orchestra and tape by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in 1971. It is Number 35 in the composer s catalog of works. Trans is as much a work of theatre as it is a musical composition. It has a somnolent, irrational look and feel, for the simple reason that it is the representation of a dream. Stockhausen regarded it as an important work for himself, a key work and a whole new