Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer, Is Dead at 79
The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen conducting a concert of his works in Budapest in 1984. (AFP — Getty Images)
Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose innovative electronic works made him one of the most important composers of the postwar era, has died at age 79.
Stockhausen, who gained fame through his avant-garde works in the 1960s and ’70s and later moved into composing works for huge theaters and other projects, died Wednesday, Germany’s Music Academy said, citing members of his family. No cause of death was given.
Read full article (New York Times, 7 December, 2007)
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