Deine
Wellen umspielten mich (Your waves were playing around me) Josef (Matthias) Hauer
From: "Piano pieces with titles to words by Friedrich Hörderlin" op.25
Duration of performance: 55 seconds
Dedicatee: Mr. Erich Köchert
Hauer wanted to devise rules according to which anyone can write a twelve-note piece.
The following sections show the structure of Hauer's piano piece "Deine Wellen umspielten mich". It is based on Hauer's previous discovery, the compositional technique with tropes.