After finally getting the score to MOMENTE I've been able to finish analyzing each of the Moments, at least on a surface level. Someday a book should be written analyzing every single Moment in detail - it's such a rich work, with so many dimensions...!

http://stockhausenspace.blogspot.com/2015/09/momente-pt-2-moments.html

An impressively comprehensive description of all the components of this amazing work, Ed. Really essential reading in navigating one's way through it all. Like you say, someone needs to write a book!

Thanks Ian! I nominate you to start writing the book in question... :)
I actually started to do a rundown of the 1965 version but without the score it's a bit more work - all the Inserts are different. Perhaps next year...

BTW I just rewatched they MOMENTE movie (directed by Luc Ferrari) on YT. Amazing footage.

Any interest in ranking the pieces once you are done blogging about them?

The thought hadn't occurred to me. I think KONTAKTE (both versions) will always be my fav tho. My idea for after finishing all of the works is to go back and correct them all, and after that do instrument by instrument overviews. Honestly though, I may just start a whole new blog on Bartok... It is possible to get tired of one artist after awhile....

As Beethoven supposedly said, "Music is enough for a lifetime. A lifetime is not enough for music."

Haha, speaking of Beethoven, I'm at this moment loading up his complete works onto my hard drive. It's been a few years since I did a full traversal, and I should have fresh ears after all of the Stockhausen. One thing that KS definitely taught me is how to better appreciate longer structures and not be so impatient for constant whiz-bang.