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has gloss | eng: Zyklus für einen Schlagzeuger ("Cycle for a percussionist") is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, assigned Number 9 in the composer's catalog of works. It was composed in 1959 at the request of Wolfgang Steinecke as a test piece for a percussion competition at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, where it was premièred on 25 August 1959 by Christoph Caskel. It quickly became the most frequently played solo percussion work, and “inspired a wave of writing for percussion” (Kurtz 1992, 96). |
lexicalization | eng: Zyklus |
instance of | c/1959 works |
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