[New-Poetry] German composer Stockhausen is Dead

[Gerald Schwartz]

Thinking here, a homage is in order.

Gerald Schwartz

> German composer Stockhausen is dead
>
> 12/7/2007, 1:54 p.m. EST
> The Associated Press
>
> BERLIN (AP) - Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose electronic works made him one
> of Germany's most important postwar composers, has died, German state
> broadcaster ZDF reported Friday.  He was 79.
>
> Stockhausen, who gained fame with avant-garde compositions in the 1960s
> and '70s and later moved to huge music theater and other projects, died
> Wednesday, ZDF said, citing the Stockhausen Music Foundation.  It gave no
> cause of death.
>
> Stockhausen's electronic compositions are a radical departure from
> musical tradition and incorporate influences as varied as psychology, the
> visual arts and the acoustics of a particular concert hall.
>
> Stockhausen was born in the village of Moedrath near Cologne in western
> Germany on Aug. 22, 1928.  His father was killed in World War II and his
> mother also died, leaving him orphaned as a teenager.
>
> After completing his studies in musicology, philosophy and German
> literature at the University of Cologne, he went on to study under
> composer Olivier Messiaen in Paris from 1952 to 1953, where he also met
> his French contemporary Pierre Boulez.
>
> Stockhausen wrote more than 280 works, including more than 140 pieces of
> electronic or electro-acoustic music and brought out more than 100
> different albums.  He was known for conducting nearly all of the premiere
> performances of his works.
>
> The composer is survived by six children from two marriages.  Services
> were not immediately announced.
>
> He provoked controversy in 2001 after describing the Sept. 11 attacks as
> "the greatest work of art one can imagine" during a news conference in the
> northern German city of Hamburger, where several of the hijackers had
> lived.  The composer later apologized for his remarks, but the city still
> canceled performances of his works.
>
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