Research topic: Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen , 1928-, German composer, music theorist, and teacher; his first name is also spelled Karl Heinz. He studied composition with Frank Martin in Cologne (1950-51) and with Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud in Paris (1951-53). Stockhausen is ranked with the most inventive of the avant-garde composers. He often employs serial music techniques in his works, and he is a major proponent of electronic music . Often using complicated contrapuntal systems, Stockhausen's compositions are characterized by much emphasis on free rhythms, tonal repetition, dissonance, and... Read more