Karlheinz Stockhausen: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Robin Maconie, The Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, 2nd ed. (1990), and Other Planets: The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (2005); Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography (1992; originally published in German, 1988).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added top questions and cross references. Sep 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 18, 2026
Modified link of Web site: ABC listen - The Music Show - Karlheinz Stockhausen- one of the true originals of the 20th century. Mar 16, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 01, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Becoming the synthi-fou: stockhausen and the new keyboardism (PDF). Nov 19, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Music Show - Karlheinz Stockhausen- one of the true originals of the 20th century. Oct 11, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of Karlheinz Stockhausen. May 03, 2019
Add new Web site: Polar Music Prize - Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen. May 03, 2019
Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen. May 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Naxos - Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Jul 25, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Karlheinz Stockhausen. Jul 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Feb 11, 2011
Added photograph. Jun 04, 2009
Mentioned influence of Olivier Messiaen and John Cage on Stockhausen's work and added mention of ten published volumes of Stockhausen's writings. Apr 16, 2009
Article revised and updated. Dec 11, 2007
Bibliography revised. Nov 02, 2006
Article revised and updated. Nov 02, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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