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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Quick Facts

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Born August 22, 1928 • Germany
Died December 5, 2007 (aged 79)
Subjects Of Study electronic music • serialism

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Karlheinz Stockhausen seated in a studio, holding sheet music and looking intently forward, with audio equipment and cables in the foreground.
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