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Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

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December 8, 2007 Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen dies at his home in western Germany.

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December 7, 2007 The German innovator was known for his electronic compositions and as a voice for avant-garde music.

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Cellist Karl Huros alights a helicopter for his 2007 performance in Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet, taken from his opera cycle Light.

August 27, 2012 There's music by Stockhausen, but why isn't science fiction more popular among composers?

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November 21, 2007 Critic Alex Ross chooses five classics from the 20th century that pop-music fans should hear.

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