By 1969, the composition of all the Moments had been completed. For the world première of all Moments, I made a new version with a duration of 113 minutes. It was performed under my direction on December 8^th 1972 in Bonn at the Beethoven Hall with Gloria Davy (soprano), the choir of the West German Radio, the instrumental ensemble Musique Vivante (Paris), Roger Smalley (large Hammond organ), and Harald Bojé (Lowrey organ).
     This was followed by a European tour, which is why this version is designated as the Europe Version. We then made a recording for Deutsche Grammophon, which is now released by the Stockhausen-Verlag as double CD 7 A–B in the Stockhausen Complete Edition.

In 1998, Rupert Huber conducted a slightly altered version at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne and on a tour which followed, with Angela Tunstall (solo soprano), the choir of the West German Radio, the instrumental ensemble musikFabrik, and two synthesizer players Massimiliano Viel and Antonio Pérez Abellán, with me as sound projectionist. This recording, in which I did not participate, however, has also been released in the Stockhausen Complete Edition on CD 80 A-B.

Texts

In each performance, four languages occur: the German texts should be sung in the vernacular of the performing ensemble, and some parts – specified in the score – are sung in a first, second and third foreign language.

All texts without source indication are by the composer.

Scoring

4 mixed choir groups (4 x 16 voices; in smaller halls perhaps 4 x 12 voices*):

CHOIR I	4 sopranos	The choir is seated in 4 rows of 4 singers
	4 altos	each, one behind the other at the left:
	4 tenors	4B  4T  4A  4S
	4 basses.	•     •    •    •
		•     •    •    •    facing
		•     •    •    •
		•     •    •    •

These 16 singers also play SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTS (notated by ):

There should be trays attached to the music stands for laying down the supplementary instruments.

CHOIR II	4 sopranos	The choir is seated in 4 rows of 4 singers
	4 altos	each, one behind the other at the half-left:
	4 tenors	4B  •    •    •    •
	4 basses.	4T  •    •    •    •            facing
		4A  •    •    •    •
		4S  •    •    •    •

These 16 singers also play SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTS (notated by ):

CHOIR III	4 sopranos	The choir is seated in 4 rows of 4 singers
	4 altos	each, one behind the other at the half-right:
	4 tenors	4B  •    •    •    •
	4 basses.	facing       4T  •    •    •    •
		4A  •    •    •    •
		4S  •    •    •    •

These 16 singers also play SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTS (notated by ):

= shake once briefly, = continually shake or turn in the hand.

There should be trays attached to the music stands for laying down the supplementary instruments.

CHOIR IV	4 sopranos	The choir is seated in 4 rows of 4 singers
	4 altos	each, one behind the other at the right:
	4 tenors	4S  4A  4T  4B
	4 basses.	•     •    •    •
		facing    •     •    •    •
		•     •    •    •
		•     •    •    •

These 16 singers also play SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUMENTS (notated by ):

There should be trays attached to the music stands for laying down the supplementary instruments.

See photographs of the supplementary instruments below.

Choir soloists

3 men choir soloists, one choir soprano and one choir alto also sing solo passages: 1 tenor in choir II, 1 baritone in choir II, 1 bass in choir III or IV, one soprano in choir II, 1 alto in choir IV. In addition, there are some very short solo parts which the conductor assigns.

Each of the 3 men soloists, the choir soprano and the choir alto have a highly directional microphone which can be inaudibly switched on and off. It is also possible to use transmitters.
      The 5 microphones (or transmitters) are circuited to amplifiers, the volume of which can be regulated either by the conductor (using 5 faders attached to the conductor’s music stand) or by a sound projectionist in the middle of the hall.

Stimmhaftes Flüstern (voiced whispering) should be clearly audible, even when all the others are singing.

The loudspeakers stand at the far left, middle and far right (see seating plan on page VIII).
In the Moments in which the 3 men soloists do not have special parts to sing, they should sing with the choir, as notated in their parts.

Commentary about the choir

The part of the solo choir soprano is written in the parts of all four choirs, with "evtl. 1 Chorsopran / perhaps 1 choir soprano" (preferably by a soprano in choir II).

In some places the indication "für evtl. 4. Sänger (perhaps for the 4th singer)" is written in every choir part. This does not apply when there are only 4 x 3 voices per choir. In a few places the distribution of the three singers must then be changed.

When there are only 3 singers per voice and the notation is two-part (occasionally as "divisi"), only 1 singer of the 3 should sing the upper part and 2 singers should sing the lower one.

The choir soloists sometimes have tacet sections, in which they could sing normally with the choir. This has been done deliberately, however, either to avoid potential microphone problems, or because they should remain "in their role", for example in the  (k) Moment.

After the choir soloists have been chosen (for example the 2 men soloists in choir II), one singer may be lacking in the respective bass group. The conductor then decides on the distribution.

Instruments

4 trumpets in C

Each trumpeter has 3 mutes:
1) S straight mute, 2) C cup mute,
3) W wawa mute:
        =  almost closed with the hand,    =  hole of the mute open,
        =  gradually close,   =  gradually open.

Each trombonist has 3 mutes:
1)   S straight mute,   2) C cup mute,   3) W wawa mute:
For places where manipulating the mute is too difficult (closing and opening the hole of the mute with the hand), each trombonist should have a stand on which a metal or cardboard "hat" is mounted. Then he holds the bell of his instrument in or in front of this hat:
= almost closed with the hand (or in the hat),
= hole of the mute open (or next to the hat),
= gradually close, = gradually open.
= remove mute.   O = open (without mute).
Trombonists 1 and 3 sometimes use a plunger instead of a mute.

For the bass trombones, large-sized mutes and large hats must be acquired do not use French horn mutes). By no means should the mutes be omitted or replaced by the wrong kind.

Mute indications in the Inserts may be changed, if necessary.

2 electric organs

From 1962–1972, 2 electric organs were used: 1 large Hammond organ (with a range of 5 octaves), 1 smaller Hammond organ or 1 Lowrey organ. Both had sliding bars (draw bars) for gradually changing the registers, pedal swells, vibrato which could be gradually changed, and quite a large resonance box with loudspeaker (Leslie).
     In 1998, synthesizers with similar timbres were used instead of the organs (the recording of MOMENTE on CD 80 of the Stockhausen Complete Edition should be studied in this regard). However, it is not recommended to replace the organs by synthesizers any more.
     For each organ, an amplifier and a loudspeaker is needed in addition to the monitor loudspeaker, depending on the size of the hall. The volume of the additional loudspeakers should be regulated either by the players or by the sound projectionist in the middle of the hall.

At some places the organists also play percussion instruments:

Keyboard player I	5 cinelli (like percussionist I ): small thick cymbals (diameter ca. 27–15 cm) on a special stand consisting of an iron arc onto which 5 metal pins with rubber holders have been welded. View from the front: The stands should be adjustable in height and high enough so that it is possible to strike the cinelli from above. The 5 pitches should be approximately equidistant from each other:
	; notation:

Both keyboard players need = 2 hard beaters, = 2 soft beaters.

Explanation about the organs in the (d) Moment

The average intensity slowly and continuously oscillates around the threshold of audibility (sometimes becoming inaudible). Now and then short .
From time to time briefly switch on fast vibrato (if possible, gradually; if not possible, turn down volume completely before switching on vibrato or begin the vibrato with a slight accent, and then after a quick diminuendo, switch it off
again: ).

A graphic scheme is drawn above the staves for the overtone registration. Tendency: gradual change from the brightest to full registration, then to the darkest, back to full and to the brightest registration. Interrupt this timbre band briefly, expand or supplement it (the scheme serves only as an example). If a 2nd Hammond organ (having sliding bars for gradually changing registration) is not available, then before switching between fixed registrations, the volume should be lowered completely, then the timbre switched and the volume gradually raised again.

Only the left hand takes the clusters and very gradually "crawls" key-bykey downwards and upwards again. During this, the right hand can toss in extremely soft short timbre interjections on the upper manual, approximately as often as indicated in the graphic scheme: "wiper" clusters greatly varying in width, more or less glissandoed, sometimes or or with the swells; pitch-wise within the register of the band which is being held each time by the left hand. Use reverberation.

The two players are independent of each other.

3 percussionists

Percussionist I (at the left)

There are several places where either percussionist I or keyboard player I plays 5 small cymbals (cinelli). In each case, the players decide between themselves who will play the passage.

= DERI glissando drum (see photo at the lower right).
      = oval snare drum with snares (very bright).
    = 5 small cymbals (cinelli), on a curved iron stand,

equidistantly pitched between ( manufactured by PAISTE) ca. 27–15 cm, hard beaters.

= 1 tambourine with jingles.

= 1 tam-tam with a diameter of ca. 85 cm

2 metal tubes like choir IV.

Percussionist II (at the right)

There are several places where either percussionist II or keyboard player II plays 4 cymbals and one sizzle cymbal. In each case, the players decide between themselves who will play the passage.

= vibraphone.

= 3 tom-toms (middle, low, very low),

tuning for (k): .

= 4 cymbals on stands (ca. 72 - 63 - 56 - 51 cm in diameter). 1 sizzle cymbal: large bright cymbal which is full of holes in which rivets loosely hang. These rattle for a long time when the cymbal is struck (for example manufactured by PAISTE).

1 pair of claves like choir II.

= 1 tambourine with jingles;

2 metal tubes like choir IV.

Percussionist III (middle), at the back of the stage

= large tam-tam, diameter 160 cm (PAISTE): struck with

= 1 tambourine with jingles.

2 metal tubes like choir IV.

= 1 guero on a stand.

= hard beater, = soft beater.

Always mute percussion instruments when a rest is notated.

Kinds of strokes for the glissando drum and tom-toms,
for example in (d) and KM:

= hit the head with stick.

= tremolo on the head.

= rub stick on the head.

= rim-shot.

= hit the rim of the drum with stick.

= stick on the rim with various distances between hand

(holding stick) and rim.

= press the tip of one stick onto the head and hit the stick with the

other one.

= increase distance between the hand and the place hit.

= decrease the distance.

= hit head and stick on stick simultaneously.

= roll from the rim to the middle.

rim → middle

= holding tip of 1 stick on the head (for example, with the left hand), make a rapid tremolo above and below that stick with 2 sticks held in the other hand (for example, right hand) – i.e. 3 sticks are used.

  etc. = write on the head with rough wood (broken-off end of

stick or plastic rod) : see K(m) or K.