ROZMANN, AKOS - 12 Stationer VI

_ɬÅkos R_ɬ_zmann (1939-2005) studied at the B_ɬ°rt_ɬ_k conservatory in Budapest and took diplomas in both composition and organ playing at the Liszt Academy. In 1971, he was given a scholarship to study electronic music in Stockholm. His encounter with the electronic tools was a revolutionary experience for him and was to give a whole new direction to his work. Soon he abandoned composition for acoustic instruments and was later to claim that instrumental music had no future. For several years, he earned his living as an organist at St. Erics Catholic Cathedral in Stockholm, often using recordings of organ sounds made in the dead of the night as a source for his electronic works. R_ɬ_zmann often preferred monumental forms and several of his most prominent works, such as 12 Stationer (trans. 12 Stations) and M_ɬ§ssa (trans. Mass), grew side-by-side over a long period of time. With a few rare exceptions, the conflict between good and evil was the basic theme in his works. The fight went