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And the invention of transform...

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

No, what is important is neith...

No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Since I started composing I ha...

Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists who play and sing in different tempos simultaneously and then meet every now and then in the same tempo.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Or the other process that is i...

Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Or in other works I have also ...

Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

I have composed several pieces...

I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

One experiments and has to cho...

One experiments and has to choose always the best results.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

I no longer limit myself....

I no longer limit myself.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Whenever I felt happy about ha...

Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

It is true that the eyes domin...

It is true that the eyes dominate the ears in our time.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

And harmony means that the rel...

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

So there is a personal sense o...

So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

When a certain piece of music ...

When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: 'I like this resonance. It elevates me. It develops hitherto unknown possibilities in me. I don't recognize myself. This is very interesting.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Repetition is based on body rh...

Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

In particular what is most imp...

In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

Music is mathematics, the math...

Music is mathematics, the mathematics of listening, mathematics for the ears.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

I was horrible at everything I...

I was horrible at everything I ever tried to do and people respect me. The American Dream has come true!!

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

I became aware that all sounds...

I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

We are no longer the same afte...

We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by another human being: music.

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

The September 11 attacks were ...

The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing

Karlheinz Stockhausen 28 quotes

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