Gezicht op de tweede zee for vocal quartet and Koude teratologie for small chamber choir, piano and percussion by the ASKO Chamber Choir, dir. Jos Leussink, are available. Recordings of the premiere, Amsterdam, February 7, 2004.
With thanks to Jos Leussink for his permission.
Exchange for Fire and Notus for flute solo by Jos Zwaanenburg are available. Recordings from the Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, November 10, 1998.
With thanks to Jos Zwaanenburg for his permission.
Outward Bound for harp solo by Taetske Kleijn is available. Recording probably Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1984.
With thanks to Taetske Kleijn for her permission.
Flying Garuda for piano solo by Klaas Bakker is available. Recording of the premiere, November 20, 1994 at Frascati, Amsterdam.
With thanks to Klaas Bakker for his permission.
The recording by Doris Hays of Glass Music from the LP International Gaudeamus Competition 1971 for interpreters of contemporary music (1971) is available.
50 years after the original LP was released, the neighboring rights have expired.
Recording by Sergio Albach on Soundcloud of Solo Identity I.
Poems by Jos Kunst, published in Hollands Maandblad in the seventies and eighties, are online. See Poems published in journals.
MIDI playback on the DSG application works again, thanks to MidiPlayer by chenx.
Somebody uploaded Glass Music, Solo Identity I, Solo Identity II, No Time Al All, No Time, Any Two, Exchange for Fire and Six études to Youtube.
Somebody uploaded the piece Concertino for piano, winds and percussion (1994-1995) to Youtube [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link].
Somebody uploaded the piece Insecten for 13 string instruments (1966) to Youtube.
The PHP code of the Dissonance Grading application has been seriously refactored, and a few long-standing bugs have been fixed. Functionality has not changed. The new code can be downloaded here and API documentation is available here.
French poems published in the Groningen student periodical Der clercke cronike in 1956 and 1957 are now online.
On September 6, 2008 the CD-reissue of the LP Anthology of Dutch Electronic Tape Music Volume 2: 1966-1977 was presented at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. Track 3 of CD 1 is the piece Extérieur by Jos Kunst from 1967. The discography is modified accordingly.
Added to the list of works for each work a direct link to the website of the publisher for ordering of the score, whenever possible.
Note (Dec. 10): it turned out that deep links are not possible in the
Added a recording of Any Two, performed by John Anderson (bass clarinet) and Jos Zwaanenburg (bass flute) (The Barton Workshop) (live recording, October 24, 2007, Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall, Seoul, Korea, Pan Music Festival 2007) to the MP3 download section.
The long poem Thebaïde by Jos Kunst, partly published earlier in Hollands Maandblad in 1983, is now published online in its entirety. ISBN-10: 90-811496-1-X (pdf); ISBN-13: 978-90-811496-1-7 (pdf).
Added: the complete text of the lecture De vertaalbaarheid van de roman [The translatability of the novel] from 1966 by Jos Kunst. An abridged version was published in the Handelingen van het negenentwintigste Nederlands filologencongres [Proceedings of the twentyninth Dutch philologists congress].
Added: the lecture What is wrong with author's rights from 1985 by Jos Kunst, originally published in the special issue The socio-economic position of contemporary art music in Europe (edited by Herman Sabbe) of Interface (17 (1988) p. 139-143).
Added: the original text of the letter to the editor by Jos Kunst which was published in abridged form in Vrij Nederland of December 23, 1978, as a reaction to Henk Barendregt's and Elmer Schönberger's review of Jos Kunst's dissertation Making sense in music in Vrij Nederland of November 25, 1978.
The Dissonance Grading application now has MIDI support, thanks to Valentin Schmidts Midi Class 1.6.
The web interface to the PHP version of Dissonance Grading is now online. Source code is available under the GPL; it can be
Dissonance Grading was ported to PHP by myself and released under the GPL.
Added: review of Barry Truax, Acoustic Communication, Norwood N.J. 1984, by Jos Kunst, originally published in: Interface: 16 (1987) 1-2, 114.
Added: the article Remarks on analysis by Jos Kunst, originally published in the special issue Analysis and analyses (edited by Jos Kunst) of Interface (16 (1987) p. 1-11). Remarks on analysis was the introduction to this issue.
Added: a separate discography of Jos Kunst. The information was already available in the list of works, but it is better organized like this.
Added: Music and communication: on musicology as a behavioural science, originally published in: Interface: 7 (1978) 4, 189-204.
The current publisher of Journal of New Music Research, the continuation of Interface, is Taylor and Francis. According to Taylor and Francis's
Added: Filosofie van de muziekwetenschap [Philosophy of musicology] by Jos Kunst, originally published in 1988.
EARLabs digitized the recording of Expulsion from the LP "Electronic panorama" (Philips 6526 004) and put it online here (8.6 MB mp3 file).
Added: Kwee Him Yong's In memoriam Jos Kunst, originally published in Muziek en Wetenschap: 5 (1995-1996) 2 (1996) 163-169. With thanks to Kwee Him Yong for his permission to reproduce this article.
The Pascal source code of Jos Kunst's computer programs is released under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
Added: libretto and film directions of Johanna de Waanzinnige: opera voor televisie [Joanna the Mad: opera for television] (typoscript, 1964). See also Zeven sinfonias uit Johanna de Waanzinnige [Seven sinfonias from Joanna the Mad].
Added: the text of the lecture Muziek en mathematische logica [Music and mathematical logic], originally published in Muzikale perspektieven: lezingen gehouden op 2, 9 en 16 mei 1973 in het Studium Generale aan de T.H. Eindhoven. Eindhoven: Studium Generale, Technische Hogeschool, 1973, p. 15-27.
Added Antoine Beuger's liner notes to the Composer's Voice Classics CV 124 CD with works of Jos Kunst by The Barton Workshop: Jos Kunst: 'Making sense in music'. With thanks to Antoine Beuger for making this text available.
The CD Fingerprints by pianist Ralph van Raat (NM Classics MCCL92113) has been released. It contains recordings of Glass Music and the two Études à la mémoire de Claude Debussy by Jos Kunst. The second, unfinished Étude ... pour les lignes et les accords has been finished by Ralph van Raat.
![[Fingerprints cover]](plaatjes/fingerprints.jpg)
Somebody has put the text of Jos Kunst's article What is wrong with authors' rights (from: Interface: 17 (1988) 3, 139-143) online here.
The Jos Kunst Composer's Voice CD has been awarded a "10" [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link] by the Dutch classical music magazine Luister in its October 2003 issue. Complete review on page 36.
The review by Erik Voermans of the Jos Kunst Composer's Voice CD from the July 29 edition of the daily newspaper Het Parool is now online (Dutch text) [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link].
Released: Composer's Voice Classics CV 124: Jos Kunst: works by Jos Kunst, performed by The Barton Workshop.
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Added a recording of Solo Identity I for bass clarinet, performed by Stephan Vermeersch (live performance, February 6, 2003, Ghent) to the MP3 download section.
Coming soon: a CD with works by Jos Kunst, performed by The Barton Workshop. This will be the first album (LP or CD) containing only works by Jos Kunst. The CD will be published [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link] by Donemus and has catalogue number CV 124.
Added the article Balling of kluizenaar?: Jos Kunst: componist, musicoloog, dichter, taalkundige, filosoof en theoloog [Outcast or hermit?: Jos Kunst: composer, musicologist, poet, linguist, philosopher and theologian] from 1997 by Jan Vriend (originally published in: Mens en melodie: 52 (1997) 3 (March) 119-126.)
With thanks to Jan Vriend and the publisher and editor of Mens en melodie for their permission to republish this text.
Added an as far as I know previously unpublished text from about 1975 by Jos Kunst: Discussiestuk over ideologie en muziek [Discussion piece about ideology and music].
The text of the fourth (and last) of the radio program series by Jos Kunst and Jan Vriend is now available: Betekenis van muziek [Meaning of music], broadcast on October 30, 1973.
A new CD by pianist Polo de Haas, entitled simply Polo de Haas, has just been published (Emergo Classics EC 3911-2 [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link]). It contains piano works by Dutch and Belgian twentieth-century composers. Among those is Solo Identity II by Jos Kunst.
The text of the third of four radio programs by Jos Kunst and Jan Vriend is now available: Het Jesus-Movement [The Jesus Movement], broadcast on October 23, 1973.
Added to the entries of Flying Garuda and Topos Teleios in the list of compositions a link to a review by Frits van der Waa (in Dutch).
The concert by Ralph van Raat on November 9, which included Glass Music and the two Études by Jos Kunst, will be broadcast by Radio 4 in the program "NPS Vrijdag", Friday December 28 2001, 13:30-16:00 CET. Radio 4 is also broadcast over the Internet in Windows Media Player format. See http://www.omroep.nl/radio4/ and click on the "Live Radio 4" graphic. A review (in Dutch) of this concert from the newspaper BN/De Stem can (after registration) be read here [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link].
The unfinished Étude XXVIII:2 "...pour les lignes et les accords" (1995-1996) has been finished by Ralph van Raat and was performed for the first time today by him in De Nieuwe Veste in Breda. The list of works has been updated.
Koude teratologie for chamber choir, piano and percussion (1962-1963) has been published by Donemus. The list of compositions is updated.
Added, with thanks to HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV [update 2017-08-07: does not exist anymore; removed link] for their permission to republish this text, the article Pop versus klassiek, of Hoe moeten culturen met elkaar omgaan? [Pop vs. classical, or How should cultures deal with each other?] by Jos Kunst from 1986 (originally published in: De macht van de tekens: opstellen over maatschappij, tekst en literatuur; red. Aart van Zoest. Utrecht: HES, 1986, p. 195-203.)
The text of the second of four radio programs by Jos Kunst and Jan Vriend is now available: Frankrijk tussen de oorlogen [France between the wars], broadcast on October 16, 1973.
Added a transcription of the radio program Anti-Strawinsky by Jos Kunst and Jan Vriend. This was broadcast by KRO radio on October 9, 1973, and is the first of four programs. Transcriptions of the remaining programs are coming soon.
With thanks to Jan Vriend for his permission to include this text.
Added, with thanks to the Stichting Hollands Maandblad for their permission to republish this text, the article Over de betekenis van muziek [On the meaning of music] by Jos Kunst from 1989 (originally published in: Hollands maandblad: 31 (1989-1990) 498-499 (May-June 1989) 19-25.)
Added: an (as far as I know) not previously published text by Jos Kunst from about 1975, Discussiestuk over geëngageerde muziek [Discussion piece about commitment in music].
I found out that the article On methods in analysis and empirical research, mentioned in the July 15 news item as being added to the online library of this site, actually contains the same text as Decidability problems in the humanities. Things are now set straight in the Bibliography and elsewhere. Sorry for the confusion.
[News item deleted — see July 17 for explanation.]
Added a link to the homepage of pianist Ralph van Raat to the Links page.
I have created a modest CSS stylesheet in an attempt to make this site look a little better.
I added four Stellingen van Dr. Jos Kunst (Theses by Dr. Jos Kunst), advanced at the conference Muziek en Filosofie (Music and Philosophy), April 21, 1979 at the Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte (International School of Philosophy) in Leusden.
I added the article Sur la formalisation de récit littéraire from 1970 by Jos Kunst (originally published in: Explications de textes; onder red. van F.F.J. Drijkoningen ... [et al.]. Special issue of: Het Franse boek: 40 (1970) 2 (april) 64-67.)
Added a PicoSearch search engine to the home page. If this service starts using ad banners (other than those for PicoSearch itself) in the future, it will be taken off again.
I added the abstracts of four articles by Jos Kunst from Interface: journal of new music research to the Bibliography. Unfortunately, I don't have permission to make the articles themselves available on this site.
I added the essay De vertaalbaarheid van de roman [The translatability of the novel] from 1966 by Jos Kunst (originally published in: Handelingen van het negenentwintigste Nederlands filologencongres: gehouden te Amsterdam op woensdag 13, donderdag 14 en vrijdag 15 april 1966. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1966, p. 131-133).
Finally, Jos Kunst's 1978 dissertation Making sense in music: an enquiry into the formal pragmatics of art is online.
I added a new section: MP3's of complete works by Jos Kunst. For starters, it contains a recording of Glass Music for piano solo, performed by Pauline Post, recorded by De Concertzender, May 18, 1995.
Just published: the CD "Tribute 2000" by pianist René Eckhardt (Muziekgroep Nederland NM Extra 98019). Contains as track 8 a great rendition of Solo Identity II.
