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ekmeles: Stockhausen's Stimmung

Kentaro Ogasawara February 17, 2025

The vocal group ekmeles performed Stockhausen's Stimmung at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University on February 14th. The piece is over 70 minutes long, with six vocalists layering their voices and developing words and poems in 51 sections called models. In each model, humming such as "Moo-a-moo-a-moo-a" and "Myan-myan-myan-myan" is repeated, and the six vocalists gradually explore the overtones of the sound, creating an elusive and smooth overtone fusion interspersed with whispers, whistling, and chatter, resulting in a unique sound. Then, the names of the world's gods or greetings, such as Shiva, Vishnu, Hallelujah, and Salam, are repeatedly chanted. It calms the listener's mind and gives a sense of the ever-changing vitality. In German, Stimmung has various meanings, such as "tuning" and "mood," but Stockhausen wrote this piece in 1968 in his snow-covered home on frozen Long Island Sound . He said he recreated the "magical" space he found himself in after wandering around Mexican ruins for a month. Stockhausen first discovered the technique when he heard his young son humming and making various sounds in his crib after falling asleep. It sounded like a style of singing used by women and children in churches in the Middle Ages, but it was later entirely replaced by masculine Gregorian chant.

ヴォーカルグループ、エクメレスは2月14日、コロンビア大学セントポール礼拝堂でシュトックハウゼンのシュティムングの公演を行った。70分を超える作品を6人のヴォーカリストが声を重ね、51のモデルと呼ばれるセクションで言葉や詩を展開していく。各モデルでは「モーアモーアモーア」「ミャンミャンミャンミャン」などのハミングが繰り返され、彼らは徐々に音の倍音を探り、ささやき声や口笛、おしゃべりが散りばめられたとらえどころのない滑らかな倍音の融合が生まれる。そして、シヴァ、ヴィシュヌ、ハレルヤ、サラームなど世界の神々の名前や挨拶が繰り返し唱えられ、聴く者の心を落ち着かせ、絶えず変化する生命力を感じさせる。ドイツ語で Stimmung には「調律」や「気分」などさまざまな意味があるが、シュトックハウゼンは 1968年に凍りつくロングアイランドの雪に覆われた自宅でこの曲を書いた。彼はメキシコの遺跡を 1 か月ほどさまよった後に見つけた「魔法のような」空間を再現したという。シュトックハウゼンがこの技法を初めて発見したのは、幼い息子が眠りについた後にベビーベッドでハミングやさまざまな音を出しているのを聞いたときだったそうだ。中世の教会で女性や子供が使っていた歌い方に似ているそうだが、後に男性的なグレゴリオ聖歌に完全に取って代わられたようだ。この歌い方は中央アジアでも見られるという。

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