The Darmstadt school's British invasion

Although once home to Stockhausen and Boulez, it took two English composers to drag Darmstadt music school out of its rut. Christopher Fox examines their legacyIn many ways, Darmstadt is a typical German city. It has a local beer, an opera house, parks and museums and an efficient tram network, and one night in September 1944 it was devastated by an Allied bombing raid. When people emerged from the shelters, they discovered a city in which four out of every five buildings was ruined. A year late...

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