Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Four Channels

Structure III

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Key Characteristics

Sustained sounds, quiet.

• long gestural durations
• motion is “between”, and amongst speakers
• use of “contrast” sound(s) / describe them
• densification over time
• controlled use of space
• “one” sound gets moved about
• quasi-cadence is a kind of “section marker”