THE MUSICAL BOX

It's a long way from Antoine Favre and his Carillon without bells or hammers to the cheap 18-note musical movements made in China, but the musical box somehow survived all technology thunderstorms. In 1975, late Karlheinz Stockhausen composed a great set of 12 contemporary pieces for 12 musical boxes, Tierkreis, roughly based around the twelve zodiac signs. Since too many people find Stockhausen's work disturbing and barely listenable, my recommendation for today is "The Musical Box" by Genesis, preferably the one from the Genesis Live album (1973).