Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928–5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30) composers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music" (Hewett 2007). He is known for his ground-breaking work in e... more

Date of birth:

  • Aug 22, 1928

Date of death:

  • Dec 5, 2007 (age 79 years)

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Also known as:

  • Karl Heinz Stockhausen
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