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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 but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
Apr 10, 2024 · Karlheinz Stockhausen (born Aug. 22, 1928, Mödrath, near Cologne, Ger.—died Dec. 5, 2007, Kürten) 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.
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Dec 5, 2007 · Stockhausen Official website. Karlheinz Stockhausen's music, works and history of the famous 20th century composer.
May 7, 2013 · A guide to Karlheinz Stockhausen's music. Our contemporary composers series ends with the most divisive figure of them all: Stockhausen. Tom Service. Tue 7 May 2013 12.40 EDT.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen. August 22nd 1928 – December 5th 2007. 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.
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Biography. 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.
Jun 17, 2019 · Musical Events. Karlheinz Stockhausen Composes the Cosmos. His seven-opera cycle, “Licht,” shows that he was not only a master of far-out spectacle but also a composer of impeccable craft. By...
