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Desert Plants

Conversations with 23 American Musicians.

"Desert Plants" offers a glimpse into the experimental American music scene of the 1970s. The new edition features historical audio recordings and interviews with key composers of the era.

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Tempo No. 317

Issue 317 of Tempo is now available. Subscribe now or order individual issues in print or digital format!

Tempo No. 317 is here. What do we actually hear when we listen? New articles—on musical metamodernism, free improvisation, and choral music in Cantonese—and reviews ranging from Chicago to Witten.

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Music Is (Also) a Woman's Affair

Esther Abrami

Esther Abrams' inspiring book about forgotten female composers, classical music, social media, and the courage to make one's voice heard as a woman.

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New Releases

Die Entgrenzung des Ästhetischen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert

From the autonomous work of art to the open aesthetic situation: Sabine Sanio traces the blurring of boundaries between music and art in the 20th century—from the historical avant-garde movements through John Cage and musique concrète to sound art, media, and new forms of listening.

38,00 €

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Reader 2

What happens when listening itself becomes research? International artists and scholars explore sound as a form of knowledge—ranging from Arctic sonar to web cookies, decolonial listening practices, bodies, care, and surveillance.

29,00 €

The Sonic Real: Hearing the Other

What do we hear—and what escapes our hearing? *The Sonic Real* brings philosophy and sound art into dialogue and opens up new perspectives on sound, perception, and reality.

18,00 €

Speaking clearly

Four Decades of New and Experimental Music from a Composer’s Perspective: on Cage, Wolff, Stockhausen, Feldman, Darmstadt, the avant-garde, and the political conditions of musical life—a panorama of music from 1985 to the present that is as personal as it is critical.

28,00 €

Beyond Musical Borders

Composition, improvisation, and listening without fixed boundaries: *Beyond Musical Borders* combines 26 open-ended compositions with a guide to migration and musical exchange, as well as comprehensive “inside–outside ear” training. A practical guide for musicians who want to expand their musical ear, rethink musical material, and develop their own musical language.

24,00 €

Wolke-Blog

New on our website: The Wolke Verlag Blog! Here, we regularly share insights into our books and projects—including recommendations, author contributions, background information, and stories from our day-to-day publishing life.

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: The Voice of Music

Johannes pp. Sistermanns: SOUND SCULPTURE. Works 1985–2025

Bettina Zimmermann – con tutta forza: Bernd Alois Zimmermann – A Personal Portrait

Wolke Mid-Year Outlook 2/2026

Jonas Reichert – Microtonality in Mexico

Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka – “I hear the stones, see the sound, and read the water.”

Our recommendations for you

Wolke-Jutebeutel

Wolke on the go: The Wolke jute bag from the SYNKOPEN collection—sturdy enough for stacks of books and light enough for everyday use.

5,00 €

Wo hört die Musik auf?

Peter Kraut explores in 100 paired reflections the limits of music — between listening experience, theory and philosophical irritation.

14,00 €

Śabdagatitāra

With *Śabdagatitāra*, Sandeep Bhagwati presents a radically new way of thinking about music across cultures—one that goes beyond cultural appropriation, exoticism, and Eurocentric assumptions.

26,00 €

Opera where it doesn’t exist

Opera beyond the big cities: this book explores the spaces in between, questions established centers, and highlights the innovative potential of musical theater in the periphery—a new perspective on the future of opera.

48,00 €

I welcome whatever happens next

Klaus Reichert Remembers John Cage – a book about music, listening, and collaboration. Told with precision and calm, it opens up new perspectives on sound, language, and the art of listening.

14,99 € – 28,00 €

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