Karlheinz Stockhausen

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Birthday

August 22, 1928

Place of Birth

Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany

Died

December 5, 2007

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.