“But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.” MiddleCenturyParticularRhythm Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen
“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.” MadeImportantFoundProcessRhythmFormalSectionsTimbre Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen
“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.” ImportantSometimesSoundParticularTransformationRhythmSlowing Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen
“Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.” HeartBodyWalkingRhythmBreathingRepetitionHeartbeatWalking Away Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen