Death of Stockhausen’s tolerant muse, 99
RIPDoris Stockhausen died yesterday in her hundredth year.
Four years older than her husband and his earliest inspiration, she went against her wealthy Hamburg family and converted to Catholicism to marry him in December 1951. Soon, they had four children.
When Stockhausen fell in love in 1957nwith the artist Mary Bauermeister, Doris agreed to have her live with their family. She finally divorced Stockhausen in 1965 but remained on friendly terms.
Doris is the dedicatee of his breakthrough work, Gesang der Jünglinge.
Mary died earlier this year, aged 88.
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