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For many people, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) is the most important logician of the 20th century. His epistemological theorem: 'In any sufficiently powerful logical system statements can be formulated which can neither be proved nor disproved within the system, unless possibly the system itself is inconsistent' was the central issue of Hans Magnus Enzensberger's poem Hommage à Gödel which served as subject matter for the Second Violin Concerto of Hans Werner Henze. Instrumentation: violin solo, tape, bassbariton and 33 instruments