Goebbels, Heiner
Entry updated 2 May 2025. Tagged: Music, People.
(1952- ) German musician and composer, widely recognized for his innovative radio, concert and multimedia works which frequently make use of literary sources. Schatten/Landschaft mit Argonauten (performed 1990; 1993; vt SHADOW/Landscape with Argonauts) has words from "Shadow: A Fable" (September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger) by Edgar Allan Poe, juxtaposed with a contemporary text by Goebbels's frequent collaborator Heiner Müller (1929-1995), in which plague victims in an unspecified future wander a Post-Holocaust landscape. Poe's words are sung by Sussan Deyhim, to a varied musical backing by fine improvising musicians; Müller's are spoken by non-professionals recorded on the streets of Boston. [CWa]
Heiner Goebbels
born Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany: 17 August 1952
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