Glossolalie

In 1959, Dieter Schnebel composed "Glossolalie", a work of central importance to his musical thinking. It forms part of the group of his pieces which, "as prepared material to make music" (Schnebel), deliberately do not pursue composed-out music as a result but serve as a detailed concept for the performer. The ensemble consists of narrators and instrumentalists acting as soloists who unite connections and overlappings of linguistic, phonetic, noise-like, instrumental and gestic processes.