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Name: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Birth Date: August 22, 1928
Place of Birth: Cologne, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen
1,129 words, approx. 4 pages
The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928) was one of the most influential composers of the post-World War II period. His works embodied most of the advanced musical tendencies of his time. Karlheinz Stockhausen was born August 22, 1928, in...


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Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22 1928 ) is a German composer, and one of the most controversial composers of the 20th century. He is best known for his ground-breaking work in electronic music and controlled chance in serial composition....


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Stockhausen, Karlheinz
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German composer (born Aug. 22, 1928, Mödrath, near Cologne, Ger.—died Dec. 5, 2007, Kürten, Ger.) was an important creator and theoretician of electronic and serial music who strongly influenced avant-garde composers from the 1950s...
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Stockhausen, Karlheinz
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(born Aug. 22, 1928, Mödrath, near Cologne, Ger.—died Dec. 5, 2007, Kürten) German composer. Orphaned during World War II, he supported himself with odd jobs (including jazz pianist) before entering Cologne's State Academy for Music in...
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Karlheinz Stockhausen (August 22 1928 – December 5 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30)...


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The Independent - London
Karlheinz Stockhausen
12/10/2007: 1,597 words, approx. 5 pages
Composer acclaimed as a genius for his work in electronic music Karlheinz Stockhausen was one of only a tiny number of composers born and working in the 20th century who transformed the field of music. Like most prominent composers of his time, what...
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Daily Variety
Karlheinz Stockhausen.(Obituaries)
12/10/2007: 312 words, approx. 1 pages
Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose claims to fame include composing 300 works, many of them experimental, and also appearing on the album cover of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," died Wednesday at his home in Kuerten in the western state of North...
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Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen is dead
12/8/2007: 649 words, approx. 2 pages
Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the most important and controversial postwar composers who helped shape a new understanding of sound through electronic compositions, died at his home in western Germany. He was 79.Stockhausen, who gained fame through his avant-garde works in the 1960s and '70s and...
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12/8/2007: 1,417 words, approx. 5 pages
Robert O. AndersonROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Robert O. Anderson, whose two-decade tenure as chief executive officer of the Atlantic Richfield Co. included the discovery of North America's largest oil field, has died. He was 90.Anderson, who later formed the Hondo Oil & Gas Co., died...
 


 

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