Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

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known-for

Sound

gender

Male

birthday

1928-08-22

place-of-birth

Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany

also-known-as

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.