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    and the gigantic opera cycle Licht. He died at the age of 79, on 5 December 2007 at his home in Kürten, Germany. Stockhausen was born in Burg Mödrath, the...
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    Licht (Light), subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche" (The Seven Days of the Week), is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between...
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    a series of nineteen compositions by German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Stockhausen has said the Klavierstücke "are my drawings". Originating as a...
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    Donnerstag aus Licht (Thursday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting, three acts, and a farewell, and was the first of seven to...
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  • Carmélites, Poulenc, 1957 Dido and Aeneas, Purcell, 1689 Dienstag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1993 Djamileh, Bizet, 1872 Doctor Atomic, John Adams, 2005 Dolores...
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    Mittwoch aus Licht (English: Wednesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting, four scenes, and a farewell. It was the sixth of...
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    Sonntag aus Licht (Sunday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in five scenes and a farewell, to a libretto written and compiled by the composer...
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    Samstag aus Licht (Saturday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting and four scenes, and was the second of seven to be composed...
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    Dienstag aus Licht (Tuesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting and two acts, with a farewell, and was the fourth of seven...
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    Montag aus Licht (Monday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting, three acts, and a farewell, and was the third of seven to be composed...
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    fifth to be composed of the seven operas that comprise Licht (Light), by Karlheinz Stockhausen. It was the last of the operas to receive a staged production...
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    Helikopter-Streichquartett (category Chamber music by Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mittwoch aus Licht: Uraufführung, Birmingham Opera Company: London 2012 Festival, 35–40, 81–84. Kürten: Stockhausen-Stiftung für...
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    Kathinka Pasveer (category Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    Samstag aus Licht, which she also performed at the staged premiere of Samstag at La Scala in Milan in May 1984. The next year, Stockhausen made a new version...
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  • Look up Licht in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Licht is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1977 and 2003. Licht may also...
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    Oktophonie (category Compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    electronic-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen. A component layer of act 2 of the opera Dienstag aus Licht, it may also be performed as an independent...
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    composing the opera-cycle Licht (1977–2004), Stockhausen felt he was shifting his focus from the visible world of the eyes—Licht is the German word meaning...
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  • Formula composition (category Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    1970, and became the central focus of Stockhausen's music up to 2003. Stockhausen's mammoth opera cycle Licht is based on a three-strand "super-formula"...
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    the opera Donnerstag aus Licht. After graduating from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule Gymnasium Rösrath [de] in 1986, Stockhausen gave concerts worldwide...
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    Reissued on Stockhausen Complete Edition CD 26 (2 CDs). Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag, 1991. 1983. Karlheinz Stockhausen, Donnerstag aus Licht, opera. Deutsche...
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  • Doris Gertrud Johanna Stockhausen (née Andreae; 1924 – 20 June 2023) was the early muse and first wife of Karlheinz Stockhausen, who dedicated several...
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  • Kohl, Jerome. 2004. "Der Aspekt der Harmonik in Licht." In Internationales Stockhausen-Symposion 2000: LICHT: Musikwissenschaftliches Institut der Universität...
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  • Unsichtbare Chöre (category Compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    electronic-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen. A component part of the opera Donnerstag aus Licht, it may also be performed as an independent...
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    Company performed the world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht, the last opera of the Licht cycle to be staged, as part of the London 2012...
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    (1974–75) is a musical composition by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. The title is the German word for Zodiac, and the composition consists...
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  • thirteen-note construction which Stockhausen would use in later compositions such as Mantra and the Michael formula from Licht. This row (D E♭, C, A♭, B♭,...
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  • world premieres of Stockhausen’s Montag, Dienstag, and Freitag from Licht at La Scala and the Leipzig Opera, and in Donnerstag aus Licht at Covent Garden...
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  • ... Sirius is the key work that leads to his magnum opus LICHT (LIGHT)". When Stockhausen's daughter, Julika (aged 5 or 6 at the time), asked for a dog...
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    Rotary Wind Quintet (category Chamber music by Karlheinz Stockhausen)
    (Mittwoch aus Licht): 1997 (score), I–II. Kürten: Stockhausen-Verlag. Stephens, Suzanne. 1997. "October 1997 Report From Suzanne Stephens". Stockhausen.org (archive...
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    and Karlheinz Stockhausen scored for ryūteki in the original Gagaku-ensemble version of Jahreslauf (act 1 of the opera Dienstag aus Licht). "Instrumentos...
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    Mantra is a composition by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. It was composed in 1970 and premiered in autumn of the same year at the Donaueschingen...
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