"Stockhausen talks to Cott (poet and contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine) about the artist's role, as both reveiver and transformer, and about new ways of breaking down the boundaries of audience-composition perceptions. The composer discusses his life, his unique approaches to composition, his attempts to integrate Eastern and Western musical traditions, and his explorations of new sound material and designs for acoustical environments" (from the DJ). Some foxing to top edge, light soiling to DJ,