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Karlheinz Stockhausen

Musician

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) was a German composer and a central figure in postwar electronic and avant‑garde music, author of landmark works and the large-scale opera cycle Licht.

Born 22 August 1928, died 5 December 2007. Pioneering composer in electronic and electroacoustic music; key works include Gesang der Jünglinge (1955–56), Kontakte (1958–60) and the Licht cycle.

DeBaser's reviews present Karlheinz Stockhausen as a towering figure of electronic and avant‑garde music. Reviews cover key works (Gesang der Jünglinge, Kontakte, Hymnen), large-scale operatic projects (the Licht cycle) and late spatial works (Cosmic Pulses, Oktophonie). The overall critical stance is admiring, noting both technical ingenuity and theatrical ambition.

For:Listeners of experimental and contemporary classical music, students of electronic music, adventurous concertgoers

 Essential History of Electronic Music

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 The greatest living composer.

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 THE ABSOLUTE is expressed through pure silences or apocalyptic noises.

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 For the first time I tried to overlay 24 layers of sound, as if I had to compose the orbits of 24 moons or 24 planets.

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