
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Department: Sound
Biography
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is most known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, aleatory (controlled chance) in serial composition, and musical spatialization.
Known For

The Seventh Door
1998

The Great Rehearsals: Momente
1966

Helicopter String Quartet
1996

Modulations
1998

Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
1991

Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
2022

Eldorado
2008

L'Infonie Inachevée
1974

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984

Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964

Lecture 1 - (Musical Forming)
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Mikrophonie I
1966

In Absentia
2000

Cornelius Cardew: 1936-1981
1986

The Culture Show
2004

Apostrophes
1975