Kreuzspiel - Full Score by Stockhausen, Karlheinz - 1960

London: Universal Edition [PN U.E. 13117 LW], 1963. Small oblong folio (226 x 306 mm). Original publisher's ivory printed wrappers. [4], 32 pp. From the collection of noted musicologist Stanley Boorman, with his signature verso of upper wrapper and occasional analytical notes in pencil and ink. Wrappers somewhat worn and detached; note in ink to upper. First Edition, second issue. Maconie, p. 57. Kreuzspiel is scored for a small ensemble of oboe, bass clarinet, piano, and 3 percussionists playing tomtoms, congas, and suspended cymbals. The work was first heard in a broadcast in 1951, and Stockhausen conducted a concert premiere in Darmstadt, 21 July 1952. Kreuzspiel (Cross-play) is one of Stockhausen's early works that begins to show characteristics of his emerging style. The composer acknowledged this himself in later years by assigning fractional numbers to substantial works that came before his self-identified "Nr. 1" (Kontra-Punkte, 1953). Kreuzspiel is designated "Nr. 1/7" in his catalog.… Read More