Stockhausen

[shtawk-hou-zuhn]

noun

1. Karlheinz 1928–2007, German composer.

Stockhausen

/ ˈʃtɔkhauzən /

noun

1. Karlheinz (karlˈhaints). 1928–2007, German composer, whose avant-garde music exploits advanced serialization, electronic sounds, group improvization, and vocal and instrumental timbres and techniques. Works include Gruppen (1959) for three orchestras, Stimmung (1968) for six vocalists, and the operas Donnerstag (1980) and Freitag (1996)

Example Sentences

But Mr. Haas’s work is much easier on the ear than most Stockhausen—more consonant and not especially taken up with chromaticism.

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The last session was Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” performed by the vocal ensemble HEX.

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The singers, he explained, are asked by Stockhausen to follow a leader in each section.

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That one big thing in Stockhausen’s utopian vision is a new sense of community that evolves from the creation of this sacred space evoking otherworldliness.

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What a tour, though, from the top-notch craft of Yorick Le Saux’s above- and below-ground cinematography to the realism of production designer Adam Stockhausen’s many bombed-out sets.

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