Stockhausen

American  

[shtawk-hou-zuhn] / ˈʃtɔkˌhaʊ zən /

noun

1. Karlheinz 1928–2007, German composer.

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Stockhausen British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

I would then listen to three different albums at the same time, and I began to notice all kinds of insane collisions when you would happen to have some African music on the front table, something entirely different begin to play on turntable 2 and then Berg or Stockhausen on turntable 3.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times