Ylem is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen for a variable ensemble of 19 or more players, and is given the work number 37 in his catalogue of compositions.
Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici, a photograph of which illustrates the CD booklet for Ylem
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 grou
Ylem (Stockhausen)
…Ylem is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen for a variable ensemble of 19 or more players, and is given the work number 37 in his catalogue of compositions. Ylem is "phoenix music", in that it…
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