1928 - 2007
Karlheinz Stockhausen (German: [kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈʃtɔkhaʊzn̩] ; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) 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 (aleatory techniques) into serial composition, and for musical spatialization. He was educated at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the University of Cologne, later studying with Olivier Messiaen in Paris and with Werner Meyer-Eppler at the University of Bonn. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karlheinz Stockhausen has received more than 1,670,084 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Karlheinz Stockhausen is the 127th most popular composer (down from 108th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 311th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Composer.
Karlheinz Stockhausen is a German composer and one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. He is most famous for his pioneering work in electronic music and aleatoric (chance) music.
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Among composers, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 127 out of 1,216. Before him are Anton Rubinstein, György Ligeti, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Domenico Cimarosa, Pérotin, and Krzysztof Penderecki. After him are Carl Nielsen, Johannes Ockeghem, Paul Dukas, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Maurice Jarre, and Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 121
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 122
1778 - 1837
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 123
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 124
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 125
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 126
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 127
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 128
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 129
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 130
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 131
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 132
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 133
Among people born in 1928, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 27. Before him are Roger Vadim, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Alvin Toffler, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Agnès Varda, and Alexander Grothendieck. After him are Kim Yong-nam, Elie Wiesel, George Peppard, James Coburn, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Martin Landau. Among people deceased in 2007, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 13. Before him are Marcel Marceau, Kurt Waldheim, Carlo Ponti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ève Curie, and Paul Tibbets. After him are Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Ellis, Sidney Sheldon, Maurice Béjart, Benazir Bhutto, and Deborah Kerr.
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 21
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 22
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 23
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 24
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 25
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 26
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 27
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 29
1928 - 1994
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 30
1928 - 2002
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 31
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 32
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 33
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 7
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 10
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 14
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 15
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 16
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 17
1953 - 2007
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 18
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 422 out of 6,142. Before him are Julius von Mayer (1814), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Caroline of Baden (1776), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Hans Krebs (1898), and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864). After him are Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Ernst Abbe (1840), Gerhard Richter (1932), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), and Julius Lothar Meyer (1830).
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 416
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 417
1776 - 1841
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 418
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 419
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 420
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 421
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 422
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 423
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 424
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 425
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 426
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 427
1830 - 1895
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 428
Among composers born in Germany, Karlheinz Stockhausen ranks 23. Before him are Hans Zimmer (1957), Paul Hindemith (1895), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), and Max Bruch (1838). After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Kurt Weill (1900), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Louis Spohr (1784), and Max Reger (1873).
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 17
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 18
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 19
1585 - 1672
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 20
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 21
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 22
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 23
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 24
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 25
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 26
1645 - 1695
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 27
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 28
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 29