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Karlheinz Stockhausen

1928 - 2007

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Karlheinz Stockhausen (German: [kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈʃtɔkhaʊzn̩] ; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, having been called the "father of electronic music", for introducing controlled chance (aleatory techniques) into serial composition, and for musical spatialization. Stockhausen was educated at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the University of Cologne, later studying with Olivier Messiaen in Paris and with Werner Meyer-Eppler at the University of Bonn. As one of the leading figures of the Darmstadt School, his compositions and theories were and remain widely influential, not only on composers of art music, but also on jazz and popular music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karlheinz Stockhausen is the 80th most popular composer (up from 95th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Germany (up from 273rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Composer.

Karlheinz Stockhausen is a German composer and one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. He is most famous for his pioneering work in electronic music and aleatoric (chance) music.

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Among composers, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 80 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Christian Bach, Alexander Scriabin, Franz Lehár, Jules Massenet, Hans Zimmer, and César Franck. After him are Josquin des Prez, Alban Berg, Leoš Janáček, Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz, and Luigi Cherubini.

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Among people born in 1928, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 14. Before him are Ariel Sharon, Noam Chomsky, Eduard Shevardnadze, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Chinghiz Aitmatov, and Serge Gainsbourg. After him are Joe Jackson, Didi, Philip K. Dick, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Rinus Michels. Among people deceased in 2007, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 8. Before him are Luciano Pavarotti, Ingmar Bergman, Kurt Vonnegut, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and Kurt Waldheim. After him are Ève Curie, Jean Baudrillard, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Ponti, Ernst Otto Fischer, and Kai Siegbahn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 231 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Simmel (1858), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Otto von Guericke (1602), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Karl Liebknecht (1871), and Adolf Butenandt (1903). After him are Emmy Noether (1882), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), Edith Stein (1891), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Hans Memling (1435), and Otto Diels (1876).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 16. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Carl Orff (1895), Johann Christian Bach (1735), and Hans Zimmer (1957). After him are Johann Pachelbel (1653), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Paul Hindemith (1895), and Max Bruch (1838).

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