Licht (Light), subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche", is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1977 and 2003. The composer described the work as an "eternal spiral" because "there is neither end nor beginning to the week." Licht consists of 29 hours of music.
The librettist and composer in March 2004
Karlheinz Stockhausens grave with the score to LICHT .
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