Two months before composing this first component part of Montag aus Licht, Stockhausen said: I have had the feeling for some time that Monday will be very different—very new for me too, because I have the feeling Monday is the reverse, because it's the birth.
Zwei Monate, bevor er diesen Anfangsteil aus Montag aus Licht komponierte, sagte Stockhausen (aus einem in Englisch geführten Interview übersetzt): “I have had the feeling for some time that Monday will be very different—very new for me too, because I have the feeling Monday is the reverse, because it’s the birth.