!!!Wagendristel, Alexander b. Vienna, March 23, 1965, composer. Student of E. Urbanner at the Vienna Musikhochschule (now University of Music and Performing Arts) 1980-1990. His compositions are characterised by a very distinct rhythm and influenced by dadaism as well as by I. Stravinsky and O. Messiaen; his tonality is characterised by the use of a wide spectrum ranging from the simple diatonic to clusters and noise. !Works Suoni Reali, 1990 (for strings); Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen, 1994 (singspiel); Der Narr, 1995 (opera);. Wenn der Teufel tanzt, 1996 (comic opera). - Chamber music and choral works. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Wagendristel,_Alexander|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]