In memoriam Conrad Schnitzler

– augustus 8, 2011Posted in: In memoriam, Muziek

Op 4 augustus j.l. is de Duitse musicus en componist Conrad Schnitzler overleden aan maagkanker. Conrad Schnitzler was lid van Tangerine Dream en Kluster en laat een enorm oeuvre achter, zowel solo als in samenwerking met anderen.

Allmusic.com schrijft: “One of the prime figures in the growth of Kraut-rock, Conrad Schnitzler made important contributions to the early history of Kraftwerk and Kluster. Like many in the Kraut-rock community, Schnitzler was greatly inspired by influences in the visual artistic world as well as the musical; he studied sculpture with Joseph Beuys, and composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen, also looking to John Cage and Pierre Schaeffer for inspiration. By 1969, he was working with Tangerine Dream, with whom he recorded Electronic Meditation. The album became one of the most distinctive in TD’s discography, and Schnitzler takes much of the credit for its chance-taking approach.”