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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
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Age: 79 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 22
Died: 2007
Died: December 5
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Karl-Heinz Stockhausen
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