About
Karl Korte:
"Over almost a half-century, Korte has carved out a
personal, non-dogmatic body of work which both reflects the
trends of the period and places his own personal stamp on
them. His career, with its devotion to individual
expression and a refusal to accede to any single "ism", is
a reminder that those who look only to the traditional
centers of musical activity do so at their peril, for they
can miss art of genuine substance in the process."
-
Robert
Carl*
"[his
music is composed in] an attractively scientific
manner, ranging from infrared, so to speak, his
archaically impressed works through the mandatory
neo-Baroque essays to the ultraviolet refraction of
mathematical conceits, abstractions, serialism, and
electronics."
- Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
*Robert
Carl is a composer, critic and chair of the composition
department at the Hartt School of Music. Quote is from
liner notes for CRI CD 882, Karl Korte
- A Retrospective.
updated 09/2006