Klavierstücke (Stockhausen)
The Klavierstücke constitute a series of nineteen compositions by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing on Klavierstück XI at Darmstadt, July 1957
Programme for the world premiere of Klavierstück IX
The Teatro Regio in Turin, where Klavierstück XIII was premiered
Klavierstück XV was premiered in the Museum Ludwig (Cologne Cathedral in the background)
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundbreaking work in electronic music, having been called the "father of electronic music", for introducing controlled chance into serial composition, and for musical spatialization.
Stockhausen in the Electronic Music Studio of the WDR, 1994
Altenberger Dom, c. 1925, where Stockhausen had his first music lessons
Stockhausen in the garden of his home in Kürten, 2005
Stockhausen lecturing at the 12th International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, 1957