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Download or read book Stockhausen written by Karl Heinrich Wörner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977-02-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing his work on conversations with the composer, Karl Wörner puts into plain language the ideas behind Stockhausen's new musical forms, examines the development of electronic music and explains the spatial location in new music; the broader aspects of the composer's place in musical history and in the society in which he works are also considered. Particularly valuable is the section on Stockhausen's life, his friends and pupils; and the book includes the composer's own notes on his works. -- from back cover.