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Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Born: 1928-08-22 • Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany

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.

Filmography
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World poster
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
2022 • Self - Composer (archive footage)
No Image
Eldorado
2008
In Absentia poster
In Absentia
2000 • Male voice
Modulations poster
Modulations
1998 • Self
The Seventh Door poster
The Seventh Door
1998 • Self
Helicopter String Quartet poster
Helicopter String Quartet
1996 • Himself
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko poster
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
1991 • Self
Cornelius Cardew: 1936-1981 poster
Cornelius Cardew: 1936-1981
1986 • Self
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell poster
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 • Self
L'Infonie Inachevée poster
L'Infonie Inachevée
1974 • Self
The Great Rehearsals: Momente poster
The Great Rehearsals: Momente
1966 • Himself
Mikrophonie I poster
Mikrophonie I
1966
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
Lecture 1 - (Musical Forming) poster
Lecture 1 - (Musical Forming)