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

The Seventh Door
The Seventh Door
The Great Rehearsals: Momente
The Great Rehearsals: Momente
Helicopter String Quartet
Helicopter String Quartet
Modulations
Modulations
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

Filmography

2022 Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
2008 Eldorado
as
2004 The Culture Show
as Self
2000 In Absentia
as Male voice
1998 Modulations
as Self
1998 The Seventh Door
as Self
1996 Helicopter String Quartet
as Himself
1991 Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
as Self
1984 Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1975 Apostrophes
as Self
1974 L'Infonie Inachevée
as Self
---- Lecture 1 - (Musical Forming)
as
1966 The Great Rehearsals: Momente
as Himself
1966 Mikrophonie I
as
1964 Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
as