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Karlheinz Stockhausen ( German: [kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈʃtɔkhaʊzn̩] ⓘ; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important [1] [2] [3] [4] but also controversial [5] composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, an important creator and theoretician of electronic and serial music who strongly influenced avant-garde composers from the 1950s through the ’80s. Stockhausen studied at the State Academy for Music in Cologne and the University of Cologne from 1947 to.
Dec 5, 2007 · Stockhausen Official website. Karlheinz Stockhausen's music, works and history of the famous 20th century composer.
Karlheinz Stockhausen is one of modern music’s most controversial figures. He was at the centre of the post-war generation’s reinvention of art music in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s he had become a cult figure, attracting mass audiences.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY. Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) composed 376 individually performable works. From 1977 to 2003 he composed the cycle of operas LICHT (LIGHT), The Seven Days of the Week, which comprises about 29 hours of music.
Jun 17, 2019 · In 1991, Karlheinz Stockhausen, the mystical showman of the musical avant-garde, was commissioned to write a string quartet for the Salzburg Festival.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, (born Aug. 22, 1928, Mödrath, near Cologne, Ger.—died Dec. 5, 2007, Kürten), German composer. Orphaned during World War II, he supported himself with odd jobs (including jazz pianist) before entering Cologne’s State Academy for Music in 1947.
Stockhausen Official website. Karlheinz Stockhausen's music, works and history of the famous 20th century composer.
Dec 8, 2007 · Music News. Composer Stockhausen Dies at 79. December 8, 2007 • Avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen died at his home in western Germany on Wednesday. He was 79. To the casual listener, a...
Stockhausen was widely acknowledged as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialisation.
