Karlheinz Stockhausen

Personal Info

Birthday

August 22, 1928

Day of Death

2007-12-05

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany

Karlheinz Stockhausen

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

In Absentia

Filmography

2022
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
2000
In Absentia
as Male voice
1998
Modulations
as Self
The Seventh Door
as Self
1996
Helicopter String Quartet
as Himself
1991
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
as Self
1986
Cornelius Cardew: 1936-1981
as Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1974
L'Infonie Inachevée
as Self
1966
The Great Rehearsals: Momente
as Himself