biography
| name: |
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
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pronunciation:
[shtokhowzn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Mödrath, W Germany. He studied at Cologne and Bonn, joined the musique concrète group in Paris, and experimented with compositions based on electronic sounds. In 1953 he helped to found the electronic music studio at Cologne, and became director there (1963–77), later becoming professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne (1971–77). He has written orchestral, choral, and instrumental works, including some which combine electronic and normal sonorities, such as Kontakte (1960), and parts of a huge operatic cycle, Licht (Light). In 1991 he commenced a project to produce his complete works on CD. |
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